Perry $ecurity Co$ting Taxpayer$
Texas taxpayers are footing the bill, a bill likely to balloon with Perry's possible presidential bid, for Governor Perry's security detail. There is nothing uncommon about that and its appropriate that given his office he has a security detail assigned to him.
But what is raising the eyebrows of many in Texas is the fact that the Republican governor called a special session and one of the issues the Republican majority is undertaking is a bill that actually hides the amount of money taxpayers pay for Governor Perry's security detail FROM taxpayers for an 18-month period. That means, we wouldn't know how much we are paying until after the 2012 election.
What area teachers want to know is simple. How many teachers could have been employed with the money tax payers will spend on Perry's security detail.
Perry is going to be visiting several states in his ramp up to the presidential run. He's already recently traveled to LA, New York, New Orleans, Colorado, and North Carolina, and he'll be heading to San Diego soon too.
I'm sure we pick up the security costs for dignitaries that visit Texas, why can't the other states pick up the tab to protect Perry when he's in their state?
Tax payers should not be held in the dark on this issue. I can assure you if the Governor were a Democrat, this bill would never make it out of committee.
Here's a perfectly good reason why we should know whats going on with our money sooner than 18 months. According to this piece in the Texas Tribune, "taxpayers paid for the rental of scuba gear and a golf cart during Perry's 2005 trip to the Bahamas, records show."
Scuba gear in the Bahamas!
How about teachers in the classroom?
But what is raising the eyebrows of many in Texas is the fact that the Republican governor called a special session and one of the issues the Republican majority is undertaking is a bill that actually hides the amount of money taxpayers pay for Governor Perry's security detail FROM taxpayers for an 18-month period. That means, we wouldn't know how much we are paying until after the 2012 election.
What area teachers want to know is simple. How many teachers could have been employed with the money tax payers will spend on Perry's security detail.
Perry is going to be visiting several states in his ramp up to the presidential run. He's already recently traveled to LA, New York, New Orleans, Colorado, and North Carolina, and he'll be heading to San Diego soon too.
I'm sure we pick up the security costs for dignitaries that visit Texas, why can't the other states pick up the tab to protect Perry when he's in their state?
Tax payers should not be held in the dark on this issue. I can assure you if the Governor were a Democrat, this bill would never make it out of committee.
Here's a perfectly good reason why we should know whats going on with our money sooner than 18 months. According to this piece in the Texas Tribune, "taxpayers paid for the rental of scuba gear and a golf cart during Perry's 2005 trip to the Bahamas, records show."
Scuba gear in the Bahamas!
How about teachers in the classroom?
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