A new Texans for Public Justice report finds that most of Governor Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) projects failed to deliver on their 2010 job promises. The study analyzes compliance reports filed by 65 companies that received $350 million to create Texas jobs in 2010. “Governor Perry’s jobs’ stimulus program is a classic example [...]
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Texas Enterprise Fund Grantees Failed to Deliver Jobs
Posted in Good Government, tagged jobs, Rick Perry, texans for public justice, texas enterprise fund on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Is the EPA Trying to Destroy Rick Perry’s Texas?
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Global Warming, tagged clean air, csapr, destroy, EPA, obama, president, Rick Perry, Texas on September 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this month Rick Perry denied the reality of climate change at a presidential debate. This week Governor “Good-Hair” has continued his crusade of fact fabrication and blamed the loss of 500 Texas jobs on the EPA and its new regulations (called the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule or CSAPR). This accusation came just after TXU/Luminant, [...]
Perry gets another chance to get the TLLRWDC Commission just right for Simmon’s WCS radioactive waste dump
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County Texas, Harold Simmons, Rick Perry, Texas, waste control specialists on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Gov. Rick Perry has replaced all six of the Texas commissioners who sit on the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission reappointing only two previously serving commissioner. The TLLRWDCC commissioner terms were modified by Senate Bill 1605 as part of the 82nd Legislature giving Perry the ability to replace commissioners whose positions he didn’t [...]
This is the dawning of the age of the super PAC
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged election, Rick Perry, super PAC, Texas on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is looking like the 2012 election will be dominated by the Super PAC. If you thought your voice counted for little before, check out this MSNBC story on the new powerhouse super PAC called “Make Us Great Again” which, while claiming it is independent, just launched a website filled with photos of Rick Perry [...]
“The Rick Perry Primer”
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Republican presidential candidates, Rick Perry, Texas on July 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Review Highlights of a Decade of Texans for Public Justice’s Perry-related Research Texas Governor Rick Perry is unknown to much of America. Texans for Public Justice (TPJ) has followed this politician since he became governor in late 2000, publishing numerous reports on Perry’s politics and policies. With talk of a Perry presidential campaign escalating, “The [...]
A Perry EPA, brrrrr . . . cold shivers down my spine
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Rick Perry, Texas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United States Environmental Protection Agency on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The EPA under Perry . . . what would that look like? I don’t know about you, but that thought sends cold shivers down my spine, even on a 104 degree day. The Austin American Statesman takes a look at what the EPA might become with a Perry White House. Public Citizen’s own “Smitty” weighs [...]
Conservative Republicans tout new Railroad Commissioner as ‘pro-life, pro-family, pro-business
Posted in Air Quality, tagged Railroad Commission of Texas, Rick Perry, Texas on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman, appointed to his new post exactly one week ago, received the Conservative Republicans of Texas’ (CRT) first endorsement of the 2012 political season on Friday. Formerly the chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), Smitherman was appointed last Friday to the Railroad Commission by Gov. Rick Perry to fill [...]
Perry running for President as a climate change denier
Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged climate change, Global Warming, Rick Perry on July 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
An unnamed Republican campaign veteran told the Washington Post that Texas Governor Rick Perry has decided to run for President, though the official word from the Perry camp is still a definite maybe, stating that Mr. Perry has surveyed the field and decided to get in the race later this summer. The thinking from republican sources is [...]
Dead Air for Perry
Posted in Good Government, tagged Immigration, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Rick Perry, Texas on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In an interesting twist to what had been a post-session, pre-presidential run period of crowds chanting “Run, Rick, Run!” everywhere he has shown up, probably reminiscent of the Governor’s A&M yell leader years, Rick Perry was subtly called to task for anti-immigrant efforts during both the regular and special session of the 82nd legislature, then shunned by San Antonio [...]
Texas forges ahead into the 20th Century
Posted in Efficiency, tagged Incandescent light bulb, Rick Perry, Texas on June 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week, Public Citizen, the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition, Texas League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council wrote to Governor Rick Perry urging him to veto House Bill 2510, “An Act relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of certain incandescent light bulbs from federal regulation.” House Bill [...]
State Senator Attempts to Get Rid of His Own Amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, Rick Perry, Sen. Mike Jackson on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas State Senator Mike Jackson added an amendment to the ethics bill (HB 1616) only 48 hours before the regular session ended and seems to be regretting that decision. Now he wants Gov. Rick Perry to veto his own legislation. The amendment was written so that candidates would have been able to expunge from their [...]
Pray for rain, pray for no radioactive waste transport accidents
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged radioactive waste, Rick Perry, Texas, Volunteer fire department, waste control specialists, Wildfire on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In spite of, Governor Rick Perry’s designation of this past Easter weekend as official days of prayer for rain, Texas is expected to break its yearly record for the number of acres burned by wildfires, with officials warning that today through Wednesday would see a high risk of fresh blazes. 2006 set the previous record of [...]
Fact check :( Examining Gov. Rick Perry’s take on the state and its budget by the DMN
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Rick Perry, State of the State address, Texas on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Dallas Morning News took a look at Governor Rick Perry‘s State of the State address and folks around the state had some interesting thoughts on the veracity of his statements. Click here to read the story. For those who didn’t watch Governor Rick Perry‘s State of the State address, we have provided the text [...]
Dumping on Texas for Fun and Profit
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, Jim Hightower, Rick Perry on January 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN FROM JIM HIGHTOWER Originally posted at http://www.jimhightower.com/ Thank you, California. And you, too, Florida, Maine, Missouri, and the 32 other states that intend to send a very special gift to Texas – namely, their radioactive waste. Now there’s a gift that truly keeps on giving! Of course, Texas asked for it. Well, [...]
Harold Simmons: the political contributor who keeps on giving
Posted in Campaign Finance, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged David Porter, Harold Simmons, radioactive waste, Rick Perry, Texas Ethics Commission on January 20, 2011 | 9 Comments »
In December Texans for Public Justice reported that Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons had contributed $620,000 to Governor Rick Perry. TPJ’s publication Lobby Watch questioned how Perry’s appointees could objectively regulate Simmons’ nuclear ambitions. That question looms larger after Simmons gave Perry another $500,000 this in 2010. Having given him a total of $1,120,000, Simmons now [...]
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