Dear Hecate:
I am so mad I could spit. Our little program got vetoed by the Governor and like your previous writer, we were told not to worry by the Governor's office but unlike your previous writer who was told the Administration would find the money to fund the program from a more approriate department, we were told that the Legislature would be certain to over-ride our veto, like they have for the last 3 years.
Well, the Legislature is NOT going to over ride our veto because they are sooooo pissed at the Governor for making a press announcement one day about cutting the Legislature's budget while at the same time reassuring advocates that they would fund their programs anyway or confidently predicting that the Legislature was certain to over ride.
Now I'm getting a lot of geewizzeswethoughtforsure from the Goveror's office and a lot of shrugs from the Legislature.
I did get some advice today that the Speaker may be open to a last minute appeal if a program could prove it would really really fall apart with out a veto override. I also heard the Speaker would be open to a last minute appeal from the Governor himself--- a sort of geewizzireallydidn'tmeantovetothatone.
What should we do?
Hecate says
Get your bookkeeper up to the State House to show the Speaker and the Senate President your books, and ask them for some of their patience pills, if they have any left. You'll need them for any future dealings with the Administration. While you'e up there go into the Governor's office and .... never mind just go back to your office and hand out the patience pills.
Who is Hecate?
Hecate is a Greek Goddess who served as a guide and coach at the crossroads of Hades, where after crossing the River Styx, Greek souls found themselves facing three choices: the Elysian Fields, abode of the great and heroic; the Fields of Asphodel, for all who had led a blameless but ordinary life; or to Tartarus, a sunless land of punishment for criminals.
Hecate's best known role in Greek mythology was guiding Persephone, the goddess of spring, on her annual journeys between Hades and Earth. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is portrayed as a nurturing and protective guide for Persephone on those annual journeys.
