Governor Perry signed a bill that reduces funding to community colleges. The reduction will have a direct impact on their ability to provide benefits for full time employees. The governor has said the shortfall is due to community colleges not reporting employment correctly and the money should come from somewhere besides the state. He's been kind of asshole'ish about it, too.
Perry said, "To get money for these employees, community colleges falsified their appropriations requests." Community-college administrators responded fiercely.
And that really torqued off the community college set. "If the governor truly believes that Texas' community college[s] committed fraud against the state, then he has a duty to prosecute all 50 colleges," wrote Amarillo College President Steven Jones
Sounds like a dare to me. I bet it is some people's lifelong dream to get into a pissin' contest with the governor.
Even Sen. Judith Zaffirini, the chair of the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee and vice chair of the Senate Finance Committee jumped in.
"Having attended every budget hearing, I know that community-college officials submitted full and accurate information in their budget requests. That the governor would accuse them of falsehood is beyond comprehension. The [L]egislature in good faith chose to fully fund community college employee benefits with general revenue because we understand that community colleges are under-funded and over-burdened." (Austin Chron)Burn.
Perry vetoed the bill.
okay, did he sign it or did he veto it, talk about somebody lying
If the Governor wants to accuse any group of fraud, he should direct his comments toward the Legislature, who signed off on the community college health appropriation.
He did sign the bill, but line item vetoed the 2009 health insurance funding request by community colleges. So he both signed the bill and vetoed it. Isn't the legislative process fun.
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Hell, why would you waste money on community colleges when you can just give that money to Texas A&M?
Perry, like most Aggies, doesn't see any value in anything that doesn't have A and M stamped all over it or isn't dripping in retarded "traditions" like butt fucking your Aggie Corp brother at the bon fire.
Gig 'em mofo