By: Tom Nuckols
Governor Perry and Judge Bynum ask to be re-elected to fight BIG government, but they have not provided the leadership and oversight for the GOOD government we deserve.
- Had Perry not accepted $18 billion in stimulus aid, the last budget would have required increased taxes or brutal cuts in state programs.
- He denies that there will be an $18 billion deficit for the next budget but won’t have federal stimulus money to help this time.
- His refusal of aid for the unemployed and schools hurt the unemployed, employers and students.
- He denies that Texas has a high dropout rate and other failures in education.
- Bynum says he just wants to get government out of the way, but Hwy 289 and Airport improvements and water from Lake Texoma show the benefits of COOPERATIVE GOOD GOVERNMENT.
Texas governors should provide leadership and oversight through state boards, commissions and agencies, but its here that Perry’s failures are most glaring. Instead of appointing on the basis of competence, Perry appoints his contributors. He governs by pay to play cronyism: contribute to Perry’s campaign machine and you will be repaid.
- 22% of his political contributions have come from his appointees.
- The Chair of the Teacher Retirement System is also his Campaign Finance Chair. TRS Trustees have funneled hundreds of millions to his contributors against professional staff advice and at the expense of Texas teachers.
- His answer to the underfunded highway system is to privatize toll roads. These tolls will cost drivers more, but will profit the private builders. Remember the Texas Central Corridor.
- Wouldn’t a good leader appoint on the basis of competence and put public before private interests? PAY TO PLAY MUST GO!
- He has used the Texas Enterprise fund to enrich his contributors.
Perry has failed to provide executive oversight to state agencies and has hidden failures and scandals by cover ups. Problems? No problem! Just cover up!
- His scheme of privatized call centers failed to provide benefits to tens of thousands of our neediest children and cost tens of millions to clean up.
- His failure of oversight allowed the sexual abuse of boys in Texas Youth Commission care and “fight clubs” abuse of the mentally disabled. An Administrative Judge recently said that abuses and cover ups continue.
- He removed the Chair and two members of the Forensic Science Commission in a capital offence arson case to prevent its hearing embarrassing expert testimony refuting the convicting evidence. An innocent man may have been executed.
- His appointed Chair of the Texas Education Committee has ignored teacher and expert advice to impose a political agenda in school textbooks.
- He refused to debate Bill White or appear before newspaper editorial boards to avoid embarrassing questions about his record.
Bynum’s style and failure of leadership is clearly seen in his handling of the jail issue.
- He led the Commissioners Court’s attempt to privatize and build a $30 million jail.
- They spent hundreds of thousands on studies and land acquisition designed to achieve this goal.
- They resisted citizen evidence that renovating and expanding the downtown jail was the best option.
- When they finally accepted the wisdom of the citizen option, which demonstrated the value of public comment in the Court, they dropped Public Comment from the Court’s agenda. DECIDERS don’t like to be questioned
We deserve better leadership for GOOD government. Bill White has a proven record of leadership for GOOD government as Mayor of Houston. Perry was re- elected with less than 40%. White was re- elected with over 80%. Texas’ major newspapers have STRONGLY endorsed White. Let’s evict Rick and move Bill in. And while we are doing this, let’s get new leadership in the Commissioners Court so we can get GOOD government in Grayson County.dropped Public Comment from the Court’s agenda. DECIDERS don’t like to be questioned.
VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET!
Vote to keep
- Tax cuts for 98% of the people
- Job creating programs
- Social Security and Medicare for Seniors
- No denial for preexisting conditions; kids covered until 26; more and better health care
- Moving beyond fear and demonizing divisiveness to ONE America with Liberty and Justice for ALL!
Vote for Grayson County Democratic plan to
- Cut over $600,000 from the County budget
- Restore Public Comment to the Court’s agenda
- Commissioners’ daily concentration on rural road maintenance
- No violation of open meeting laws
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