Sunday, September 22, 2013

Last Wednesday the 18th, the Texas Tribune posted a story about a group that targeted governor Rick Perry's business recruiting trip to Maryland. Perry traveled to Washington D.C. to try and recruit business to move to Texas. A group called Good Jobs First released a report revealing that local sales tax funding was used to advertise for Perry's trip as well as cover some of the travel expenses. This report came out after the office of the governor said that no state funds were going to be used for this trip. TexasOne is the group with a state partnership that uses this money and they reportedly have spent 1.8 million in advertising for the governor. Is this they way our tax money should be spent? Are people going to continue to allow this to happen? Some people call for action and this article could spark that.

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