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The Associated Press reports that “Rick Perry about as popular in Texas as Obama after failed bid for GOP presidential nom,” and the Tribune says that Perry's campaign cost all of $16 million, with most of that money going toward “TV ad buys." Which, in turn, means a whole lot of cash going toward what is pretty clearly the most “...the fuck?” ad of this campaign season.
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Results tagged “perry”
Perry Spent 16 Mil on Campaign, Now Less Popular Than Ever
Welcome to Hot-ville...Where the Hot just Keeps On Coming! [Extra Extra]
- A writer for Ain’t It Cool News is now also a screenwriter with a deal! Here’s an interview with C. Robert Cargill. (If you been to film events in Austin, you might recognize him.)
- The New York Times notices Governor Perry’s "day of prayer and fasting" scheduled for August 6. (If you are Pagan, Wiccan, Jewish, Buddhist or gay, you might feel a touch left out of this event.)
- Dallas Mavericks win the NBA Championship! Here are some salient cultural points about the win.
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Oil Spill, Pollution And The Broken Saw [Extra Extra]
- If you’ve smelled the air in Deer Park, then you’ll wonder why someone picked that particular Houston suburb for Perry to have a press conference arguing against an EPA takeover of our state's air quality program!
- Oil spill cleanup update: they are trying to saw off a section of the broken pipe… and the saw has gotten stuck.
- Whoa! Millions of dollars worth of cocaine washed up on a Galveston beach.
Stripped-Down News [Extra Extra]
- Rapper T-Pain recently went to strip club in Dallas. He might claim, "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" but the Dallas dancers allegedly weren’t thrilled with his visit!
- If you can’t find a sitter for your kids, you might want to stay out of the strip club.
- More than half of the university regents whom Governor Perry appointed to public-university positions in Texas have donated to Perry’s campaigns.
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Facebook to Open 200-Person Austin Office
Facebook is opening a 200-person sales and operations office in Austin, thanks to a $1.4 million investment from the Texas Enterprise Fund.
State of the GOP Guv Race [Politics]
Perhaps the most intriguing race this primary season takes place in a mostly unfamiliar territory to Travis County voters: the GOP Gubernatorial Primary. The state of the Republican Party, while still perceived as Texas’ dominant party, is undergoing a sort of identity crisis at the moment, largely characterized by three internally warring factions each led by a specific candidate
Can You Have A Current Events Hangover? We've Recently Had A Lot of News Here in Austin [Extra Extra]
- Man, this Austin “winter” weather is freaky! From sunburn on Sunday to possible snow on Tuesday. What up, sunshine?
- If you are supporting Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Governor’s race, you might want to get to an early voting location. Polls show she’s trailing Perry in the primary.
- Waco Dentist Kent Starr is very aware that former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr will be moving to Central Texas.
Welcome Back, Sunshine! We've Missed You! [Extra Extra]
- Governor Perry issues a legal challenge contesting the idea that greenhouse gasses are bad for people.
- The Texas Supreme Court will be hearing the case about how “exotic dancing” is free speech. If so, then a $5 tax (per strip-club patron) violates the First Amendment. (Maybe they’re thinking that the Constitution includes the right to bare anything you want?)
- Austin's ubergamer Richard Garriott launches a new social-networking game company!
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Things Are Freakier in the Lone Star State [Extra Extra]
- Irony alert: Governor Perry was against Texas accepting the stimulus package, but the nonprofit group he founded will still receive a stimulus grant!
- Tip: Take the meth out of your pockets before screaming for help while fighting an invisible foe. Trust us on this one.
- There was an early -Monday taping of the Oprah show at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Check out this photo-set!
Political News Roundup: On Craddick and Hutchison
Two items of note regarding Texas Republicans have come out this week. First off, current Texas House Speaker Craddick faces an ethics complaint about payments to and insurance coverage for his adult daughter. A Houston man points out that Craddick has his daughter Christi on campaign payroll (at $12,000 a month), yet claims her as a dependent so that she is covered by his state health insurance. Another member of the GOP, current Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, today filed paperwork towards her expected run for governor in 2010. She's still in the exploratory stages, it seems, and the paperwork filed today set up an exploratory committee and campaign treasurer.
Extra Extra: You Can Take That to the Bank
Perry names two (including his former chief of staff) to the Texas Transportation Commission. Authorities say some boys from the FLDS compound may have been sexually abused there. Four people died in a head-on collision near Bastrop last night. 21-year-old man tries to get a Ft. Worth bank to cash a $360 billion check that a) was forged (obvs) and b) not even made out to him.
Extra Extra: Stuck With Perry?
Noooooooooooo. . . Perry plans to run again in 2010. Body found yesterday in Lady Bird Lake was a middle school teacher. 20 classrooms at Cedar Park Middle School vandalized overnight. UT police on the lookout for a robbery suspect. Custody case over the FLDS kids moving extremely slowly.
Extra Extra: Using Egg Salad Forcefully
Travis County DA candidates debate tonight at Dell Jewish Community Center. On Friday when a Secret Service agent wouldn't let a Capitol employee into the building, she got upset and . . . threw a bowl of egg salad at the agent. Man who sold candy to kids at his Austin apartment complex accused of raping two girls 8 years ago. "Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex": Our own Gov. Perry interviewed in this weekend's NY Times magazine.
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Seven-year-old boy found injured under "suspicious circumstances" at local charter school yesterday. Pedestrian hit this morning on Burnet Road. Now Gov. Perry is backing McCain (if anyone cares). Watch it now: Austin added to Homeland Security's list of cities with a high risk of terrorist attack.
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Perhaps Perry should have held off on his endorsement: after losing to McCain last night in Florida, Giuliani is expected to soon drop out of the race. Bouncer assaulted after denying a couple guys entrance to his club and not allowing their friend to urinate in front of it. City may soon switch to LEDs in light fixtures to conserve energy.
News Bits
- Russian Premier, er, we mean President Putin using Soviet-style measures to suppress political opposition? The evidence just keeps on rolling in...
- Yesterday, British forces formally handed the province of Basra to the Iraqi government. This is the ninth province transferred to Iraqi control by American-led forces since July 2006.
- The week-long U.N. climate-change conference, held in Bali, ended last Friday. A ranking has been released showing which countries have the most proactive greenhouse gas emissions policies in the works. Mexico was ranked fourth. The U.S. came in second to last, beating out only Saudi Arabia.
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