That’s not a smoking gun

Posted on February 3rd, 2007 by TechDigger

This cracks me up.
MySA.com: State Government
Mike Toomey, former chief of staff to Perry, is a lobbyist for Merck. The pharmaceutical company has donated $6,000 to Perry since 2005 and $38,000 to legislative leaders and lawmakers.
Perry issued an executive order that would require girls to receive a new vaccine for papillomavirus which causes cervical cancer. Newspapers […]

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If it ain’t broke why fix it?

Posted on February 3rd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

MySA.com: Lump sum or payments? Perry wants to sell lottery
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is planning to tell the Legislature he wants to “sell” the state lottery to a private company when he delivers his State of the State speech next Tuesday, aides confirmed Friday.But spokesman Robert Black is not elaborating on exactly what […]

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