Posted on 08/19/2006 5:40:27 AM PDT by conservativecorner
DALLAS — Republican Gov. Rick Perry's former liaison to the Legislature is working once again for the Spanish company that won the rights to develop the state's $7 billion Trans-Texas Corridor toll road project.
Lobbyist Dan Shelley worked for the firm as a consultant just before he went to the governor's office, a connection first revealed in 2004.
State officials denied any connection between that circumstance and the decision, three months later, to award Cintra-Zachry the huge highway contract. Now Shelley has left the governor's office, and he and his daughter have large contracts to lobby for the road builder, The Dallas Morning News reported today.
This week, Shelley had planned to take four state lawmakers on a four-day, all-expense-paid trip to Canada. But the trip was abruptly postponed by the state transportation department after the newspaper asked questions about it.
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the "Trans-Texas Corridor" is what needs to be stopped.....this little partisan red herring distracts from the serious issue of the incremental liquidation of America!
Seeing any "republican" support this sell-out makes me ill.
This is a piece of the puzzle. Follow the money.
bimp
Dude. It's the whole puzzle. Gov Goodhair will be sitting on the Cintras board within 2 years after being booted out of office. Guaranteed.
It's their duty as an elected official to make sure their pockets are well lined when they leave office. If not by a taxpayer funded corporation such as this, it is from legislation they passed whereby other professions have to take credit hours to maintain their license.
Republican, Democrat...doesn't matter.
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