and was going to cut out a lot of the snack foods,

也将去掉很多零食
all of the sugared soft drinks,

所有的含糖软饮料
and he got it through the House and the Senate, it was approved.

他的这份提案被参众两院通过了
It went to the Governor's desk,

最终到了州长的桌子上
and then Jodi Rell in June of 2005 vetoed it,

但约迪·莱尔在2005年6月否决了它
which I personally was devastated when this happened.

当时这让我很吃惊
One of the things she said was

她说道过
that Connecticut has a proud tradition of local control.

康涅狄格州有着地方自控的骄傲传统
Those are sort of code words for politically,

这些都是政治上的套话
really leaving things up to the local individual,

做出扫除政策的决定
as opposed to the state or the federal government,

不配合国家或者联邦政府
making these sweeping policy decisions.

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