Now that I'm Older, I Guess That I Can Understand...

GT12 recently attended a fab wedding that included transportation to and from our Hotel via stretch-limo. After that experience we are more sympathetic to the flamboyantly unethical governor from KY.

Ky. Governor takes limo across the street

By ROGER ALFORD, Associated Press Writer

FRANKFORT, Ky. - When Gov. Ernie Fletcher's day is over, he leaves his Capitol office, climbs into a Lincoln Town Car driven by a state trooper and returns to the Governor's Mansion , which is just across the street.

Meanwhile, his administration is encouraging Kentuckians to get out and walk more for their health.

The Republican governor (a physician by training) makes no apologies for riding back and forth to work. "I think that's been a tradition for a long time," he said. "That's what security likes."

Open a bottle of Perrier-Jouet, turn on the mood lights and read the rest here.