Governor's House Costs Texas $10,000 a Month


	Governor's House Costs Texas $10,000 a Month

Rustee

9-27-2007 11:39 PM

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corruption, texas, governor, taxes

Rustee says:

This guy is bad news.
I'm not one to evoke wealth envy, but this is ridiculous.
There's talk of him joining with the eventual Rep. nominee as V.P. Say it isn't so.

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9-27-2007 11:54 PM

bignosemousie

I don't know why he was re-elected.

9-28-2007 12:54 AM

crdz9802

Kinky anybody?

Nah I'm just kidding, I didn't vote for him.

9-28-2007 7:39 PM

Rustee

Update:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5170821.html

The new house isn't even technically within city limits. So it seems they're withdrawing that constitutional excuse now that they've been called out on it.

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