Reply #1: Perry's corruptness has never gotten this much attention

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And he's been handing out these tax payer funded deals to his "friend/donors" for almost 10 years! I wish the media had done this kind of research much earlier.

But hey every little bit helps. Hopefully the moderate Rs and Independents will see some of this coverage and vote for change.

Here's another story from today:

AAS 10/19/10
White says Texas investments politically connected
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat Bill White on Tuesday accused appointees of Gov. Rick Perry of pressuring managers of the Texas teacher retirement system to make potentially risky investments that gave business to politically connected companies.

A government whistleblower memo released by White's campaign for governor describes a series of ethical lapses and insider deals at the $100 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas, where private investment firms whose executives made huge contributions to Perry allegedly got special treatment.

The leaked memo was written by the retirement system's former director of private market investments, Richard Green. Executives associated with the companies mentioned in the memo have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to Perry, records show.

White is treating the memo as an October surprise in the 2010 governor's race, and he planned a news conference Tuesday. Retirement system officials did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

Perry's corrupt crony appointments are stealing from the Teacher's Retirement system too.

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