Former Perry aide paid for aborted Green Party petition effort

[wyldwolf]

Mike Toomey, a lobbyist and former chief of staff to Gov. Rick Perry, personally paid for an aborted effort to qualify the Green Party of Texas for the ballot, according to court testimony Thursday morning.

The testimony came from Garrett Mize, who led the failed petition effort beginning last fall. He said Toomey paid him $2,000 a month for about six months with a personal check.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/06/24/former_perry_aide_paid_for_abo.html

[Kingofalldems]

1. Search warrant for GOP headquarters ---still the same 40- yrs. after Watergate.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Greens don't seem to mind using that "corporate money" when it suits 'em, huh?

What a bunch of phonies.

[Faryn Balyncd]

3. Perry going down will be the news of the year.

k and r

[K8-EEE]

4. I sure hope you're right! n/t

[tammywammy]

I'm shocked.

:eyes:

[geek tragedy]

5. Getting Republicans Elected Every November. nt