“And you know that the governor of Texas really wields very little power.”
The constitutional and statutory duties of the Governor include:
Signing or vetoing bills passed by the Legislature.
Serving as commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces.
Convening special sessions of the Legislature for specific purposes.
Delivering a report on the condition of the state to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session.
Estimating of the amounts of money required to be raised by taxation.
Accounting for all public monies received and paid out by him and recommending a budget for the next two years.
Granting reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and revoking conditional pardons.
Declaring special elections to fill vacancies in certain elected offices.
Appointing qualified Texans to state offices that carry out the laws and direct the policies of state government. Some of these offices are filled by appointment only. Others are ordinarily elected by the people, but the governor must occasionally appoint individuals to fill vacancies. The governor also appoints Texans to a wide range of advisory bodies and task forces that assist him with specific issues.
Please retract your falsehood. Leadership “trumps” all others.
The question I asked you was why, if perry was so in favor of shutting down sanctuary cities, it took him three terms to do it.
MOST governors can do nothing much on their own, but they can LEAD, as you stated. So WHY didn’t perry lead on the illegal immigration issue like Sarah Palin did on the oil companies and gas pipeline issue? Why didn’t he LEAD on the sanctuary city issue?
What specific legislation has perry requested and received from the Texas legislature like Scott Walker in Wisconsin has?
On WHAT has he led? Convince me.