“Questions about motive are now being raised – questions about why Perry may have wanted a chance to appoint the Travis County DA’s replacement.”
The DA is a Travis County elected official, Gov. Perry wouldn’t be able to appoint a replacement .... what a douche.
Passive voice. That's always a give away. Raised by whom?
The nasty author of the hit piece?
/johnny
Yes, Perry would appoint a replacement until such time as there was a scheduled regular state election. In a Texas county where I lived, the district attorney died. Perry appointed one until the next regular election. My husband was the Republican Chairman of that county and he contacted Perry to ask Perry to consider a certain attorney in the county. That attorney was appointed by Perry.
I recall when the law was passed to create this agency to promote cancer research - I thought at the time the state shouldn't be in the business of cancer research - also, we don't have money to get into research for anything. However, the legislature did create this agency. If the legislature did not write into law the procedure for oversight, that was their fault, not Perry's fault.
State law gives the governor the power to veto any bill, period. His reason for doing it doesn't matter.
Texas was a Democrat state for many years in its early past. The line of Democrat governors filled the thousands of government jobs with Democrats and those early people filled the city/county. Thousands of decedents of these early Democrats still live there and that is why Travis County has remained a Democrat county.
Because our government is in Travis County, the District Attorney of Travis County can indict anyone in our government. No other District Attorney in this state can do that - only the Travis County one can do that. That is why Tom Delay in our US House, was indicted in Travis County by the Democrat Travis County District Attorney. There has never been a Republican District Attorney in Travis County.