Perry not good for teachers

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LETTER: Perry not good for teachers
Odessa American
Rick Perry is well known for his cronyism. When he appoints members to the various state boards, agencies and regents. Nowhere is that more pronounced. I had when it comes to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas. All nine board members are ...

http://www.oaoa.com/opinion/perry-64969-members-trs.html

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1. I'm sure the conservanazis will try to rob it blind.

Use the money to pay their cronies and pay off all the debt they create.

[w8liftinglady]

2. exactly... just like school funding... not much makes it to students

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3. Ricky's not good for anyone that's not one of his donors.

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4. As can be said for most politicians.

Although a higher percentage of R's than D's.

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5. Texas Funds Formula One Race, May Fire Teachers

Bloomberg News 5/11/11

Texas Funds Formula One Race, May Fire Teachers

Texas, which may balance its budget by firing thousands of teachers, plans to commit $25 million in state funds to Formula One auto racing each year for a decade.

Four years after motorsports’ most popular series left the U.S., Texas investors including Clear Channel Communications Inc. co-founder B.J. “Red” McCombs are building a 3.4-mile (5.5-kilometer) track to bring the event to Austin. Comptroller Susan Combs has agreed to pay $25 million for races through 2022, a subsidy questioned by critics and lawmakers as the state cuts costs to close an estimated $15 billion two-year deficit.

“I don’t understand why 25 people in Austin could not put up $1 million each if they thought this was a good opportunity instead of the state making a $25 million commitment,” said Senator Dan Patrick, a Houston Republican. “The developers should find the money through private sources.”

As many as 100,000 teachers in Texas may be fired because of spending cuts to cope with the state’s budget crisis, according to Moak Casey & Associates, an Austin-based education consultant. For $25 million a year, the state could pay more than 500 teachers an average salary of $48,000.

How can Combs commit that kind of money? Is she in charge of Perry slush fund No. 2? :wtf:

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6. Let the Greed is good crowd pay for their own way!! Not the overburden tax payer

“It’s off-balance-sheet financing for a rich man’s sport,” Viktorin said. Combs is “supposed to be a fiscal officer for the state. She’s not controlling that fund.”

What a friggin mess Perry has created and it like the Bunny