But the Governor failed to win support for the idea, and the tax never passed.

The Governor had failed to see that parents and not just educational professionals were for the tax increase, he said.

The Governor failed to make a single mention of campaign finance reform.

"The governor has failed to step up to the plate to help the city at all during this entire fiscal crisis."

A bill will also become a law if the governor fails to sign or veto it within 10 days of its being presented.

Some governors tried to raise taxes this year, but failed to get the idea past legislators.

But in the end the judge said that the governor had failed to stop the violence in several places.

Past governors have tried, and failed, to enact some of his proposals.

The governor has also failed in his attempts to open budget negotiations to public scrutiny.

This was another of those restless nights when his brain went on turning like a machine whose governor had failed.