Burnt Orange Report

Perry is a Whore

By Andrew Dobbs

(A cross post from Yellow Dog Blog, the official Texas Democratic Party blog. I've revised it for the more casual tone of BOR)

Fucked up story out of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this morning.

Perry got donations ahead of proposal
BY R.A. Dyer

AUSTIN - Horse racing interests contributed $232,800 to Gov. Rick Perry two months before he floated an idea that could have meant millions of dollars to the industry, according to an analysis by a public interest group.

The donations came during a single day: Feb. 11. Perry received 67 separate contributions from veterinarians, horse breeders, track owners and others with horse racing interests, according to the Austin-based Texans for Public Justice.

As part of the special legislative session Perry called in April, the Republican governor proposed adding thousands of slot machines at Texas racetracks. (...)

The Texans for Public Justice analysis expands upon the organization's earlier review of Perry contributions during the first six months of 2004. The first review indicated Perry received more than $100,000 from gambling interests on Feb. 11, but further review found twice that amount coming from the racing industry.

Perry's total contributions on Feb. 11 were $307,745, with 76 percent coming from donors with ties to the horse racing industry, Texans for Public Justice reported. The contributions that day represent more than three times what Perry raised during any other day between January and June, according to the group.

McDonald noted that the governor accepted those contributions just days before he traveled to the Bahamas -- ostensibly to discuss his agenda for a special session. Had it passed, the governor's agenda would have meant millions of dollars to Texas horse racing interests, McDonald said.

So let's lay the scene here- Rick Perry recieves a chunk of almost $300,000 in a single day from gambling interests and a few days later goes off on a taxpayer subsidized trip to the Bahamas where he was to discuss school finance. While on that trip his plan he develops a plan that wouldn't really increase education funding very much, but it would make millions for gambling interests. It isn't hard to connect the dots here.

Perry is a whore- willing to do whatever to whomever for the right price. He got $300,000 and he lets the gambling interests be prioritized above kids. He got $1,000,000 and let homeowners' insurance rates stay high in spite of suffering families across the state. He get's donations from various other interests and he starts to prioritize their low tax rates above the needs of poor kids. He's a dirtbag and he deserves to be kicked out of office in 2006.