Maryland walking bill

The Republican governor of Maryland vetoed 19 bills yesterday. I probably disagree with him on most of the vetoes, but that’s not the worst part. Among other things, apparently Montgomery County Girl Scouts and elementary school children had submitted a proposal to designate walking as the state exercise. This was an exercise in government, so they could see how the legislative process worked. The legislature passed it, so they made plans to travel to Annapolis today to watch the governor sign the bill. But he vetoed the bill, dismissing it as “silly”! I mean, in his mind, who’d dare think that the government should be promoting exercise?