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LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently had two messages for a Democratic assemblyman who recently heckled him -- one telling him his bill was vetoed and another which appeared to be a cleverly hidden insult.
The Oct. 12 veto letter explained why San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's bill, AB1176, was being vetoed. But, like a hidden-word puzzle, the message contained a four-letter curse word starting with the letter "f" followed by "y-o-u."
The first letter in each line spelled out the apparent insult.
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Schwarzenegger typically attaches a message to bills he signs or vetoes telling the lawmakers why he took the action. The messages are also posted on the governor's Web site.
So, was the hidden message intentional?
"My goodness. What a coincidence," said Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear. "I suppose when you do so many vetoes, something like this is bound to happen."
The bill had passed unanimously in the Assembly and Senate and would have granted the Port of San Francisco expanded financing power to redevelop a former shipyard into a new neighborhood known as Pier 70.
"Kudos to the governor for his creative use of coincidence," said Ammiano's spokesman, Quintin Mecke. "You certainly have to have a sense of humor in politics. Unfortunately, this humor came at the cost of the Port of San Francisco."
Ammiano heckled Schwarzenegger during a local Democratic Party fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco earlier this month. The lawmaker could be heard on video shouting "you lie" along with other derogatory phrases as other attendees booed the governor's brief speech.
After the governor left, Ammiano took the stage and criticized Schwarzenegger for a wide variety of perceived offenses. In part, the freshman lawmaker was upset that Schwarzenegger had vetoed bills in 2005 and 2007 that would have legalized gay marriage.
Of the eight Ammiano bills sent to the governor's desk this year, Schwarzenegger vetoed six -- five of them after the Oct. 7 heckling incident.
The Oct. 12 veto letter explained why San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's bill, AB1176, was being vetoed. But, like a hidden-word puzzle, the message contained a four-letter curse word starting with the letter "f" followed by "y-o-u."
The first letter in each line spelled out the apparent insult.
See for yourself
Schwarzenegger typically attaches a message to bills he signs or vetoes telling the lawmakers why he took the action. The messages are also posted on the governor's Web site.
So, was the hidden message intentional?
"My goodness. What a coincidence," said Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear. "I suppose when you do so many vetoes, something like this is bound to happen."
The bill had passed unanimously in the Assembly and Senate and would have granted the Port of San Francisco expanded financing power to redevelop a former shipyard into a new neighborhood known as Pier 70.
"Kudos to the governor for his creative use of coincidence," said Ammiano's spokesman, Quintin Mecke. "You certainly have to have a sense of humor in politics. Unfortunately, this humor came at the cost of the Port of San Francisco."
Ammiano heckled Schwarzenegger during a local Democratic Party fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco earlier this month. The lawmaker could be heard on video shouting "you lie" along with other derogatory phrases as other attendees booed the governor's brief speech.
After the governor left, Ammiano took the stage and criticized Schwarzenegger for a wide variety of perceived offenses. In part, the freshman lawmaker was upset that Schwarzenegger had vetoed bills in 2005 and 2007 that would have legalized gay marriage.
Of the eight Ammiano bills sent to the governor's desk this year, Schwarzenegger vetoed six -- five of them after the Oct. 7 heckling incident.
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