Governor's office sues to keep Boeing documents secret

[peterh]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/7227974.htm

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry's office has filed a lawsuit seeking to keep secret the financial incentives offered to Boeing Co. to build a plant in Texas.
The lawsuit filed Thursday was in response to a request from Alfred Ehm, a member of the Texas Central Rail-Corridor Coalition of San Antonio, for details of the possible tax breaks that were being offered to the airplane maker.
"I'm trying to make a point that the government cannot receive and spend taxpayer money and claim they're not a public agency," Ehm told the Austin American-Statesman.
The state's Department of Economic Development, run by the governor's office, is negotiating with Chicago-based Boeing to build a manufacturing plant in Texas.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office ruled in October that some of the information about the incentives must be released.



I believe both parties have been guilty of this….here’s hoping the info gets released…it’s vital in a representative democracy to keep these critters honest.