Null and Vetoed: Chance Coincidence?

Governor Schwarzenegger’s acrostic veto

In late October 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Assembly Bill 1176 (Ammiano), sending the memo below.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto memo
The first letters of the third through ninth lines (ignoring the blank lines) comprise an expletive acrostic. Many have wondered whether this could be accidental. The governor’s office claimed the acrostic is “a wild coincidence.”

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