My letter to the editor re: Governor Perry

October 5, 2010

Kerrville Daily Times

Dear Editor,

After hearing radio ads for Bill White yesterday and seeing the full page ad in today's Times, I felt compelled to respond.

White sounds "folksy" in his radio ads and blasts Perry for cowardice in his newspaper ad. Facts may be obfuscated but are there if one is willing to dig for them:

Under Perry's leadership Texas has become the strongest state in the nation, even during these dire economic times;

There is no "missing money" in the state budget as the Texas Constitution requires a balanced budget and the Republican-led Texas House has kept a balanced budget;

Perry refuses to debate White only until he releases all of his income tax returns for the years he served the Clinton administration in Washington and the state Democratic party chairman (Austin-American Statesman);

White encourages illegal immigration (which is against the law as opposed to legal immigration) as evidenced by policies enacted while he was mayor of Houston (Houston Chronicle);

White has not ruled out raising taxes while Perry has brought about property tax reform that has saved Texans billions;

White is a liberal Democrat, and we've all seen the results of what liberal Democrats do when they are given power (Obama, Pelosi, Reid); Perry is a conservative Republican.

It comes to this: Do you want to keep Texas strong or see her brought down by the proven destruction of tax and spend policies that are bankrupting our nation? I want to keep a thriving Lone Star State so I'm voting for Perry.