Eastwood Perplexed by Arnold's Ax

Clint Eastwood tells the Los Angeles Times he bears no hard feelings toward California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he got booted from the state parks board, but he's not sure why he was removed.

"I think it was just somebody got a bee under their bonnet at the right moment, so there we are," Eastwood said.

The official word is that Schwarzenegger declined to renew Eastwood's term on the board because he wanted to give others the chance to serve. But Eastwood and Schwarzenegger's brother-in-law, Bobby Shriver, who also was dropped from the commission, believe it is because they are opposed to plans to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach.

Eastwood told the Times that he has long opposed the toll road, which Schwarzenegger supports.

"You're not going to get people who are interested in state parks who want to build freeways through state parks," Eastwood said. "So I don't know what the big surprise was there."

Eastwood said he talked with Shriver on the day they were dropped.

"We laughed about it," Eastwood said, "and I said, 'Me? But you're his brother-in-law!' And he said, 'But you're his friend and longtime mentor!' "