Perry supported the taking of private property for his pipe-dream TTC.
The TTC may be dead, but that fact remains. He would have screwed many property owners.
I also won't forget the Giardasil mandate BS. He was in Merck's pocket.
Perry is a RINO. His only saving grace is that he is the best of the worst.
- Perry supported eminent domain reforms that Democrats opposed
“Perry supported the taking of private property for his pipe-dream TTC.”
Every single public official supports the use of eminent domain for the building of roads. Jeez! This includes all the CAMPO member Democrat politicians who signed on to support white. What was opposed was the audacious scope of TTC, even though there is a need for that amount of road capacity addition in the next 50 yrs.
And btw, if you dont like toll roads, are you for higher gas taxes, or no roads?
Perry signed into law the castle Doctrine *AND* supported the constitutional amendment passed in this state in response to Kelo. He’s done a lot to protect property rights in many ways.
“The TTC may be dead, but that fact remains.”
The TTC may be dead, but many want to flog a dead horse. Especially friends of trial lawyers who acutally dont give a flip about rural Texas and would screw you in a heartbeat, but are just using this old, dead issue to get White in the Gov mansion to do the trial-lawyer bidding.
“He would have screwed many property owners.”
Property owners are screwed every day in Texas due to property taxes. Perry did something about it, but we have enough big spenders in the lege and in local school districts and counties, that we cant go further.
It’s frustrating to see people not notice the REAL ISSUES in Texas and fall for an old dead horse beating, as if it means something. It doesnt.
REAL ISSUES - SBOE, property taxes, franchise taxes, the fate of gambling, the $18 billion budget hole and the Dem plan to bring the income tax, the $27 billion hit from Obamacare, local option gas tax, etc.
Those are real.
Flogging TTC is just meaningless attack ad.
“I also won’t forget the Giardasil mandate BS.”
A) Another thing that didnt happen.
B) Multiple lies were told about it (first that it was being forced on kids when it wasnt, second that vaccines were not given prior when they were)
C) Something most Democrats supported.
“Perry is a RINO.”
He is the most conservative Governor we have had since Bill Clements, and solid on life, guns, soveriegnty, taxes, spending, education...
His only saving grace is that he is the best of the worst.