https://freerepublic.com/tag/greenjob10millionper/ en-us Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:37:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2780074/posts At a time when state spending reductions were used to help offset a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall, taxpayers were billed for more than $294,000 in security detail expenses for out-of-state trips by Gov. Rick Perry or his wife, according to records released by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Destinations included the Bahamas in January for a family vacation and trips to Amsterdam, Madrid and New York by Anita Perry alone - visits that Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle said were for economic development. sfgate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2780074/posts#comment Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:37:12 GMT