You do realize that Pilgrim’s Pride filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and the majority owner since 2009 has been Brazilian-based JBS? Bo Pilgrim is no longer Chairman of the Board, although he is a member of the Board of Directors. He doesn’t run the company and hasn’t for a long time.
Tyson Foods corporate headquarters is located in Arkansas.
You really need to get your facts straight before you start smearing people.
I'm sorry to hear that; it breaks my heart. Bo Pilgrim is the one who was videotaped walking around the floor of the Texas senate while it was in session, handing out $10,000 checks.
Remember that?
Sorry to hear he's out.
No smear, FReeper -- these guys do talk like that to senators and governors (see my last). And they're on the public record doing it.
In an article which otherwise is a vile hit piece on Texas and Texas governance and the idea of smaller government (these guys think the American West was settled by people who had live-in bureaucrats helping them), there is one bit of useful information about concentration of donorship among Perry's supporters:
Accompanying Gov. Perry’s denial is cronyism and patronage, both good ole boy-style and corporate (of the $102 million in campaign contributions raised for his gubernatorial races, Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote, half came “from just 204 sources,” and the Los Angeles Times reports, “Nearly half of those mega-donors received hefty business contracts, tax breaks or appointments under Perry.”)
Source: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/08/26/rick-perrys-texas-delusion/
Despite the source's obvious bias, a fact is still a fact, and I cite it for support of my statement that you doubt, about Perry's indebtedness to a small circle of donors.
And yes, I'm perfectly aware Tyson's operation is up in Arkansas. And I know he was hip-deep in U.S. presidential and Texas politics, up until he died in January, and he was one of Rick Perry's big backers. He was in the room in that 2005 meeting with Kay Bailey Hutchison I referred to above, that was written up in the Houston Chronicle.
Here's a Tyson Foods press release from 2008 showing 10,000 Tyson employees in Texas, and supporting Gov. Rick Perry doing a political favor for Tyson Foods by calling for a reduction in government support for ethanol, which was driving up Tyson's feed costs:
Tyson Foods 2008 Press Release.
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