Clarifying the vetoes

I blogged Saturday on the vetoed bills that Governor Napolitano refused to sign as part of her budget deal with the Republican-led legislature. I stressed, or at least tried to, the nature of that deal as a "compromise":

Both parties knew this budget represented a compromise, and to see the Governor take what she got and slam the door on what she gave is beyond disappointing. When you compromise, you get part of what you want and you give part of what you don't want. Frankly, Janet looks like an Indian-giver.

The Republic printed a letter-to-the-editor yesterday from a member of the state legislature that explains and echoes those sentiments:

The Legislature agreed to many of the governor's personal demands, including all-day kindergarten expansion and funding for the downtown medical school. In exchange, the governor agreed to sign a bill creating corporate tuition tax credits. These credits would allow poor children to attend private schools on scholarship.

That was the deal. Each side got something they wanted and agreed to something they disliked. On Friday, the governor reneged on the deal by vetoing the corporate tuition tax credit bill with the claim that the bill was not exactly as she remembered the agreement.

This, even though her staff reviewed, made changes to, and ultimately approved the amendments to the bill. In fact, the governor's staff reviewed the amendments as many as six times prior to passage by the House and Senate. And while she vetoed the bills she disliked, the governor did not veto the bills passed by the Legislature that she favored.

It just smacks of opportunism and political betrayal. On the face of it, how do you now accept Janet at her word?