We knew it was coming. The moment lawmakers tried to get clever and thought they could gain support for a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (HB 1091) and Cap and Trade (SB 5126) by linking the policies together with a future transportation tax package, it was clear what the Governor would do – veto the restriction. Never mind the fact it appears to be illegal to do this but since he has previously issued questionable line-item vetoes, there was never any doubt that he would do it again to secure his top environmental priorities without any conditions. Today that’s exactly what the Governor did when vetoing the linkage.