No one disputes that Perry is allowed to veto measures approved by the Legislature. But the left-leaning Texans for Public Justice government watchdog group filed an ethics complaint accusing the governor of coercion because he threatened to use his veto before actually doing so in an attempt to pressure Lehmberg to quit.
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Texans for Public Justice
[link to www.tpj.org]
[link to info.tpj.org]
Foundation support was provided by:
The Piper Foundation
The Open Society Foundations
The Sunlight Foundation
The Winkler Foundation
Good Jobs First
Contributions from individual Texas donors.
SOROS IS BEHIND IT.
Good Jobs First is an organization founded by The Rockefeller Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and works with the Industrial Areas Foundation (founded by Saul Alinsky.)
Open Society Foundations
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The Sunlight Foundation
[link to www.discoverthenetworks.org]
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“Noteworthy funders of SF include the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Foundations (owned and controlled by George Soros), the Pew Charitable Trusts, Pro Publica, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Rockefeller Family Fund, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.”
Good Jobs First
[link to www.goodjobsfirst.org]
[link to www.goodjobsfirst.org]
“Good Jobs First gratefully acknowledges the support of the Rockefeller Foundation,
which funded this organizing manual and the participation of community organizers in
the second of our labor-community “boot camps” described in the Introduction and the
chapter on the common elements of successful campaigns.
We also gratefully acknowledge the Ford Foundation for enabling community organizers
to attend the first boot camp and both the Ford and Surdna Foundations for their
support of our work on smart growth for working families.”
Clickable link to TPJ financial report (page 11)
http://info.tpj.org/pdf/Public%20Justice%202013.annual%20report.pdf
Board of Directors
Craig McDonald, President McDonald is the Director of Texans for Public Justice
Andrew Wheat, Secretary A journalist by training, Wheat has written for numerous
progressive publications including the Nation, the Multinational Monitor, Texas
Monthly and the Texas Observer. Wheat is employed as Research Director of
Texas for Public Justice.
Tom “Smitty” Smith, Board Member Thomas “Smitty” Smith is an institution among
progressive Texas advocates. Smitty has been employed as the director of the
Texas Public Citizen office since 1985. Prior to that he worked with Texas Rural
Legal Aide and as a staff member in the Texas Legislature.
Margaret Justus, Board Member Margaret served as assistant press secretary to
former-Governor Ann Richards. She also served as Texas spokesperson for the
1996 Clinton-Gore campaign and remains active in liberal politics in Texas.
Thomas Tobin, Board Member Tobin is former national organizing director for
Public Citizen’s Washington office. He currently is V.P. of Development for Global
Impact, a consortium of progressive charities focusing on poverty in the Third World.