Fletcher: "Lying for $2000, Trebek!"

Here's something you hardly ever read in the mainstream media: Governor caught driving $150 yards from office to house despite sidewalk. There's a discussion going on at BGR and at Think Progress.

Quotation #1:

"We want our citizens to excel in efforts to improve Kentucky’s environment...to reach beyond the legal minimum to do more for our environment than what our laws and regulations require.”

Quotation #2:

Exercise is just as essential as eating...It needs to be stressed just as much.”

Apparently, this governor's mouth isn't where it's supposed to be since the AP mentions the following.

Gov. Ernie Fletcher finishes a day at the office, but instead of walking through the idyllic scene across the street to the Governor’s Mansion, he gets into a Lincoln Town Car to be chauffeured to his door. In Kentucky, the lawns of the Capitol and the mansion are separated only by a narrow tree-shaded street, but Fletcher routinely rides to and from his office.

I walk two blocks to work (back and forth) from my father's office. I walk two blocks to lunch back and forth. The walking is worth it. Save the environment and walk as much as you can...plus, you could lose some weight while you're at it.