White says Perry broke promise not to take pay raise

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PolitiFact Check 6/27/10
White says Perry broke promise not to take pay raise

Bill White, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, lashed out at his GOP rival, Gov. Rick Perry, over his state-paid salary during a June 17 news conference, suggesting Perry had gone back on his word not to accept a five-figure raise.

"Several years ago, he signed a law giving himself a $40,000 pay increase," White said. "He told you, the people in the press, that he wasn't going to take that pay increase. I don’t think he kept that promise."

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While Perry didn’t personally tell the media he wouldn’t take the raise, a gubernatorial spokesman speaking on his behalf was quoted in newspaper articles as saying so.

Perry’s spokeswoman told us he's made charitable donations exceeding the additional dollars that came his way in the raise. But that's not the same as not accepting the raise in the first place. Nor has Perry used the opt-out provision put into the law to allow him to do so.

We rate White’s statement as Mostly True.

Perry caught lying again! The law has an opt-out provision and Perry could have set his salary at the same rate as before the law, but he didn't. So to me he took the raise and the fact that he claims he sent the money to charity does not change the fact he took the raise. $35K or $40K is not the issue - it's the fact that he lied once again to the people of Texas. :mad:

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1. If Ricky's lips are moving, etc.

What is it about Republicans? They lie even when the truth would serve them better.
There has to be something wrong with the wiring in their brains.