Susan Combs On The Stump: Boring!

By Vince Leibowitz on Sep 21, 2006 in 2006 Texas Elections

Given the saucy and exciting nature of her trashy romance novel, one would think that Susan Combs would be a little more animated on the stump. She’s out on a 17-city tour this week.

However, based on coverage of her barnstorming, this is the biggest and boldest statement I can find about what she says she’ll do if elected as Texas Comptroller:

“I’m going to work real hard and talk about issues relative to that office.”

Isn’t that cute! She’s going to work real hard and flap her gums a lot. No solutions.

But wait, there’s more of Susan Comb’s genius from a Rotary Club meeting in Nacogodoches:

“People in Texas are friendly.”

Ooh. Stunning. She’s already showing a real grasp on the Comptroller’s job.

The Tyler Morning Telegraph, however, has a little more substance. However, it makes one realize that Combs doesn’t realize what the Comptroller’s office does. She’s evidently thinks that the CPA is the state’s economic development officer in chief. That function, of course, belongs to the office of the governor. Anyway, Combs’ rambling:

“And as comptroller, additional tools for economic development will be available,” she said.

One of those tools will be a database of valuable demographic information.

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The new database would collect information from federal, state and local agencies on everything from infrastructure to tax information. And the database would be easy to use, Mrs. Combs said. Six or eight basic templates would be available.

“It would be like going to a store and getting something gift-wrapped,” she explained. “You pick the packaging, and then you download the information, pre-sorted and ready to go.”

Mrs. Combs also outlined a program she’ll call “Lone Star Communities.” Only about 10 of these communities would be designated each year, she said, based upon four criteria: community assets, educational assets, economic development tools in place, and how the local government works across the spectrum.

“What would you get for that designation? There would be funds to apply to economic development,” she said.

First of all, nothing of what Combs wants to do are actually part of the statutory duties of the Comptroller’s Office. As far as the dispensing of economic development funds through her office in this fashion, I believe it’s probably unconstitutional under the state constutition and the whole little designations thing would require a freaking constitutional amendment to work.

I’m glad that Susan Combs is in the news, though, because it gives me a chance to point out that Democrat Fred Head finally has a website, so check it out.Â You can even read some saucy excerpts from Susan Comb’s ~~porn~~ romance novel.

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