Why I love California
this http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=73657&tsp=1
A year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office apparently sent a coded veto message containing the f-bomb to San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, the governor signed the latest version of the same bill last night -- and included another hidden message.
This one was much more politic.
A vertical read down the letters on the left margin of the governor's signing statement says: "You Are Welcome."
That's a far cry from last year, when a similar reading of the veto statement for the bill dealing with financing for the Port of San Francisco revealed the message: "F-- you."
after this: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/01/BAR61FN4GC.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1
Citing the need to reduce spending on prosecution and courts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure that makes marijuana possession an infraction, on par with traffic and littering tickets.
The Republican governor's unexpected support for the measure comes one month before voters decide whether to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana in California.
"In this time of drastic budget cuts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and the courts cannot afford to expend limited resources prosecuting a crime that carries the same punishment as a traffic ticket," wrote Schwarzenegger
coincidence ?
A year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office apparently sent a coded veto message containing the f-bomb to San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, the governor signed the latest version of the same bill last night -- and included another hidden message.
This one was much more politic.
A vertical read down the letters on the left margin of the governor's signing statement says: "You Are Welcome."
That's a far cry from last year, when a similar reading of the veto statement for the bill dealing with financing for the Port of San Francisco revealed the message: "F-- you."
after this: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/01/BAR61FN4GC.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1
Citing the need to reduce spending on prosecution and courts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure that makes marijuana possession an infraction, on par with traffic and littering tickets.
The Republican governor's unexpected support for the measure comes one month before voters decide whether to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana in California.
"In this time of drastic budget cuts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and the courts cannot afford to expend limited resources prosecuting a crime that carries the same punishment as a traffic ticket," wrote Schwarzenegger
coincidence ?