Good sleuthing!
It also was posted on FR when it was first published in 2007. The thread got over 700 hits. The source is the Houston Chronicle and it carries an AP byline....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778223/posts
At the time, many freepers lambasted Perry, while a few pointed out the opt-out provision.
A lot of people on FR and many in Texas do not like “Governor Rick”. But as far as I can tell the 3 bonehead moves he has made were: supporting Giuliani for President, promoting the Gardisil vaccine and supporting the Trans Texas Corridor.
Past that he has done a pretty good job as governor.
I have never met him, but he is from Haskell County, where I live and where my family has lived since the 1880’s.
I know his parents and was a delegate at the Texas Republican Convention the year he was elected to governor on his own for the first time.
My daughter and son-in-law know Rick and have been to many functions that he attended. They live near, not in, Austin.
I have no issue with people bringing forward valid criticism of any office holder or POL. But if they distort the information presented that is a whole other issue.
I have hated cheap political shots since I saw the little girl picking the daisy with the nuke going off in the background during the Goldwater campaign. (Bill Moyer’s cheap shot)
and now we have a bill that Perry probably will sign, that make it a 250$ fine for texting while driving.
Nanny-State anyone?