The travel expenditure for the June 24 press conference in Washington, D.C. came to light Tuesday thanks to Perry’s required semi-annual filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. Pilgrim paid for Perry and three aides to attend the news conference.
Of course, Perry’s spokesperson has a dodge for this one:
Michael Skelly’s campaign down in Congressional District 7 has launched its first TV ad, “Kids,” highlighting the candidate’s background as a successful wind energy businessman and his balanced approach to energy issues.
Starring his three children and wife, Anne, the ad will air on both broadcast and cable television throughout the Houston area.
Greg Meyers (R-Houston), who is opposing State Rep. Hubert Vo (D-Houston) in the race for Texas House District 149 has filed a fairly lackluster six-month financial report which includes some fairly interesting donors.
Of the about $57,000 that Meyers raised, about 40 percent came from the usual right-wing sources: Bob “Swift Boat” Perry gave $10,000; Texans for Lawsuit Reform gave $10,000; State Rep. Beverly Wooley gave a thousand, conservative commentator Gary Polland threw in $500, and the Associated Republicans of Texas PAC gave a paltry $500 (which could well show exactly how well that PAC thinks Meyers is doing.
President Bush hasn’t seen Russian President Medvedev since his ‘election’ to the Russian Presidency. Last week, he had his first opportunity to look into his eyes. Check out McBlogger to see what he saw.
Lightseeker at Texas Kaos tells the chilling tale of Goodhair and the Fire at the Governor’s Mansion. Governor Rick Perry didn’t light the match, but decisions laid at his door certainly made things a lot easier for the arsonist who did.
Texas Senators Cornfed and Bailey scored a perfect ten in synchronized flip-flopping on the Medicare bill last week, shortly after they and the rest of their Republicans exhibited mirror-image coordination on FISA. PDiddie at Brains and
Eggs has the details.
As the July reports of political action committees trickle in on the Texas Ethics Commission’s website, there are several interesting contributions that have popped up from the Zachry Construction Company Political Action Committee. Zachry, of course, is a major pro-toll road ally that is playing a major role in the construction of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Perhaps the most interesting contribution was to U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn got a $5,000 contribution from the PAC on March 1 of this year.
