Governor Steamrollers SAPD to Get Road Repair Funds?

Last Wednesday, the Governor vetoed the appropriations bill for the State Appellate Public Defender. Then on Thursday he signed the appropriations bill for the Attorney General. Not surprisingly, he also signed the appropriations bills for his office.

What's going on, Mr. Governor? The SAPD budget is nothing next to the AGs. (The AGs get nine times more, actually.) If you want to put some pressure on those "read-my-lips-no-new-taxes-let-the-roads-go-to-hell" Republicans (weren't you one of those a long time ago?), you gotta hit'em where it hurts.

UPDATE: KTVB television is reporting that the Governor is backing off his request for a gas tax increase. Behold the power of SCOIDBlog!