Claim of a state increase in school spending is false By STATE REP. SYLVESTER TURNER June 28, 2011, 7:35PM Some of the leaders in our Texas Legislature are making the claim that the state budget expected to be signed by Gov. Rick Perry will give $1.6 billion to $3 billion more to our public […]

Governor Rick Perry For President. Now He Wants Failed Texas Middle Class Policies For The Nation For months I have been telling many that Texas Governor Perry sticking to his guns on slashing the Texas budget was simply due to him running for President of the United States. Many thought it did not make any […]

Historic Texas Budget Crisis Was Created By GOP & Governor Rick Perry For many decades Texas had a tax structure that provided adequate revenue to fund public education and balance the state budget. Occasionally the tax structure produced a surplus. Prior Democratic administrations wisely converted the surpluses into savings and created the Texas Rainey Day […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 17, 2010 Part-Time Perry ignores $18 billion budget hole Incumbent’s schedule shows an average seven hour work week AUSTIN — Today Bill White hammered Rick Perry for failing to address the state’s $18 billion budget crisis. White pledged that as governor, he’ll get taxpayers their money’s worth. Perry’s state schedules […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Perry’s extravagant lifestyle funded by secretive corporate contributions HOUSTON — Rick Perry funds his extravagant lifestyle with corporate contributions to TexasONE, a secretive non-profit run out of the governor’s office. "Perry uses TexasONE as a slush fund for personal and campaign travel. Texans need to see Perry’s TexasOne […]

Yesterday evening, Politifact called out Perry for his comment that the $18 billion budget gap was pulled from the air.  They deemed his comment FALSE and outlined exactly how that number was determined. This is just another instance where Perry tried to ignore the facts so that he could spin his record of failure.  Texas […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Texans deserve debates, not excuses, from career politician Perry HOUSTON — Rick Perry continues to refuse to debate. "No more excuses," said White. "Texans deserve a series of debates about the future of our state. Career politician Rick Perry needs to stop hiding from voters and hunting for […]

  Back when the economic recovery package (i.e. “the stimulus”) was being debated, a handful of Republican governors garnered headlines by rejecting various portions of the funding. One of the loudest critics of the legislation was Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX). At the time, Perry said rejecting the money “was pretty simple for us. … We […]

Rick Perry is using taxpayer dollars from the Texas Enterprise Fund to subsidize companies he selects. He’s even drained payroll tax dollars from small businesses and then handed the money to larger competitors. Texas taxpayers deserve to know whether we have gotten our money’s worth from each and every dollar handed out by Rick Perry. […]