Strayhorn declines raise after Perry criticism ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN (AP) - Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn said she will not accept a $33,000 pay raise authorized by the Legislature even though her campaign indicated last week that she would accept it. "Although Governor Rick Perry sanctioned pay increases for statewide elected officials when he approved the state budget, I do not believe it is appropriate for me to accept a penny more for the work I was elected to do," Strayhorn said Tuesday. Strayhorn, a Republican, is challenging Perry in next year's gubernatorial race. The Legislature had authorized seven statewide elected...