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Related: About this forumTaxpayers have paid Perry sub Dewhurst $32,054
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/12/taxpayers-have-paid-perry-sub-dewhurst-32054/
Perry Presidential blog Houston Chronicle 12/21/11
Taxpayers have paid Perry sub Dewhurst $32,054
Gov. Rick Perry is collecting both early pension payments and a full-time salary to serve as governor in 2011 but Texans also have paid a substitute $32,054 to run the state during Perrys frequent absences.
For each full day Perry spent out of Texas 78 days so far this year taxpayers paid $410.96 in salary to David Dewhurst, a millionaire businessman who normally serves as the states low-paid lieutenant governor.
Dewhurst, 66, is again serving as acting governor this week as Perry stumps in Iowa. He refused comment through a spokesman about his increasingly common stints as substitute governor.
Perry is similarly complying with standard practice and laws regarding the administration of the governors salary when hes out of state. The practice of the lieutenant governor being paid the governors salary when the governor is out of state is longstanding, said Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan. A portion of then-Gov. Bushs salary went to then-Lt. Gov. Perry when Bush was running for president in 1999 and 2000.
Perry Presidential blog Houston Chronicle 12/21/11
Taxpayers have paid Perry sub Dewhurst $32,054
Gov. Rick Perry is collecting both early pension payments and a full-time salary to serve as governor in 2011 but Texans also have paid a substitute $32,054 to run the state during Perrys frequent absences.
For each full day Perry spent out of Texas 78 days so far this year taxpayers paid $410.96 in salary to David Dewhurst, a millionaire businessman who normally serves as the states low-paid lieutenant governor.
Dewhurst, 66, is again serving as acting governor this week as Perry stumps in Iowa. He refused comment through a spokesman about his increasingly common stints as substitute governor.
Perry is similarly complying with standard practice and laws regarding the administration of the governors salary when hes out of state. The practice of the lieutenant governor being paid the governors salary when the governor is out of state is longstanding, said Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan. A portion of then-Gov. Bushs salary went to then-Lt. Gov. Perry when Bush was running for president in 1999 and 2000.
You think the millionaire dick, Dewhurst would at least donate his salary to a charity or something. Dewhurst certainly doesn't need the money.
Another way Perry is costing us money. A total waste of taxpayer money. a-hole
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Taxpayers have paid Perry sub Dewhurst $32,054 (Original Post)
sonias
Dec 2011
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Meanwhile, the maximum unemployment benefit in Texas is only $415/week. n/t
TexasTowelie
Dec 2011
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white cloud
(2,567 posts)1. Damn you ruined my day!!
Can't believe the laws put in place.
sonias
(18,063 posts)4. The real question is Perry's pay getting docked?
According to the article it's a portion of Perry's salary going to Dewhurst it seems. Supposedly happened when bushie ran for President too. Perry got some of the bushie's salary.
Either way it's total crap. Perry should just resign and save us some money!
Sorry to ruin your day, but you know living in Texas we get this kind of crap every day. Every day has the potential to be more sucky than the day before.
TexasTowelie
(111,341 posts)2. Meanwhile, the maximum unemployment benefit in Texas is only $415/week. n/t
sonias
(18,063 posts)3. Exactly
Real hardworking Texans out of work due to this economy couldn't possibly need a break. And Dewhurst makes that much in a day of pretty much doing nothing for Perry. It's just a bookkeeping recording entry that sends him more money.