I must confess, I laughed out loud, when I saw this:
It was hardly a bill of cosmic import, but Assembly member Tom Ammiano’s AB 1176 would have helped the Port of San Francisco with some financing issues. It’s the kind of bill that legislators offer on behalf of their cities all the time — and generally, they are non-controversial. This one was the same — no substantive opposition, it passed both houses easily — and normally, the governor would sign it with little fanfare.
But no: Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill — and sent Ammiano and the legislators a remarkable veto letter. The letter says nothing about the substance of the bill; in fact, the language is really convoluted and it’s hard to figure out what the gov is really saying.
With all due respect to those in Government out in California. It might have something to do with the fact that Tom Ammiano shouted “Kiss my Gay ass!” at a Democratic Party dinner that Arnold showed up at.
However, over at the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire, the Governor’s office says the following:
When asked about the intent of the message, Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said that “like every veto message, it says why the governor vetoed the bill.”
Okay. What about the other message in the letter?
“As far as what it says on the left-hand margin, that’s just a strange coincidence,” McLear said. “When you do so many vetoes, that’s bound to happen.”
Then, less than a minute after hanging up the phone, McLear sent Washington Wire a list of other veto messages in which the letters on the left-side of the statement spell out different words. Senate Bill 115, about religious exemptions to public employees, spells out “ear.” Assembly Bill 1276, concerning international trade, says “poet.”
And Senate Bill 674, about oversight of fertility clinics and cosmetic surgery centers, spells out “soap.
Plausible. It would have been a very strange coincidence.
As for Mr. “Kiss my Gay ass!” Ammiano….:
Ammiano said he didn’t notice the hidden message until the Bay Guardian pointed it out today. “It was a little bit of shock and awe,” he said, adding: “I thought it was pretty funny.”
He said he will reintroduce the bill next year. “Hopefully, we’ll have a clean slate,” Ammiano said.
Sounds to be like the media and some Bloggers are making a bigger deal about this, than actual people involved in said incident. Which is about typical for the Liberal Media. Just look at how they handled Bush and the Iraq War.