The Statesman is reporting that Perry neglected to file the required campaign finance reports during the election. The fact that the money came from controversial Texan, Bob Perry, also gives the story that unique angle.
Black said it wouldn't have made any difference if Texans had known before the election that Bob Perry (no relation to the governor) had given money to the association because the Houston builder, noted for financing the Swift Boat attacks against John Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign, already was one of the governor's biggest campaign donors.
By unique, I mean the Statesman gets to somehow try to tie Rick Perry to the Swift Boat attacks against John Kerry. Robert Black's statement is unintentionally funny. He says that the voters were focused on the $2.5 million given to Chris Bell by a lawyer in Houston. Funny, though, because, the fact that Chris Bell got $2.5 million has nothing to do with the fact that the Perry campaign may have neglected, intentionally or unintentionally, to perform required submissions of campaign finance reports and could face serious fines for the act.
Who knows? Maybe Perry's treasurer was some A&M graduate that just couldn't quite grasp how to submit an Excel spreadsheet via email. Anything's possible.
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