Mostly because we don't pay any attention.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
~John G. Pollard
JOHN G. POLLARD (1871-1937)
Served 1930-1934, Democrat
Governor Pollard was an attorney, legal scholar, and former Attorney General from Williamsburg. He guided Virginia through the early days of the Depression without a budget deficit or a tax increase. He also reorganized county government, established workmen's compensation and personally helped establish The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
From the The Governors of Virginia website