perry’s going out with a bad reputation.
He also is apparently widely regarded as the "most travelled" Governor in the country, in the sense that he makes more rounds of State political events where Republicans gather. Just was in California, and espousing a nominally conservative "values" line.
Apparently, smaller government and accepting the limits that the voters wish to put on government doesn't seem to be one of those values.
The veto of the 2 year moratorium on the TTC timed so that it couldn't be overturned because the Legislature was out of session just really really sucks. It should, by rights, stick in the craw of any honest American, let alone Texans.