Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits

Perry for Prez redux calls for a sojourn down memory lane

"...churchgoers dead, Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry majorly flubbed by calling the massacre an “accident.”..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Perry Will Walk on Charges

Texas Criminal Court of Appeals rejects abuse of office allegation

"...the court's ruling that criminal charges against former governor Rick Perry should be dismissed...."

Feb. 24, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...Just before he took off for the weekend, Gov. Rick Perry delivered his final 'screw you' of the 83rd..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...legislative special session rumbles on, but last Friday, Gov. Rick Perry racked up a few more enemies by signing..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fun With Carole, Rick, and Greg

The budget standoff provides a snapshot of the new Texas politics.

"...A few hours later, there was Gov. Rick Perry, in a distinguished I-35@Round Rock motel conference room,..."

June 27, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Gov. Perry's Ham-Fisted Veto Pen Strikes Again

Lege coverage

"...In a final flurry of red ink, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a slew of bills last Friday, just..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Animals Survive Perry's Desk

Perry signs puppy mill/cockfighting bills

"...Without fanfare, Gov. Rick Perry on June 17 signed into law two bills..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

LegeLand: Mind Your Fingers and Your Vetoes

Bills lose life and limb on Perry's desk

"...With the legislative special session winding down, Gov. Rick Perry has revealed his body count of vetoed bills..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Community Colleges Bestow Dunce Cap on Perry

Community-college presidents and allies launch barrage of explosive verbiage on Perry after he vetoes $154 million in school funding

"...to get into a war of words with Gov. Rick Perry," began a July 19 Statesman op-ed by Austin..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

News Ticker: May 28

All the news that's fit to blog

"...to the top, JC Penney evokes Godwin's law, and Rick Perry quenches his thirst. Resentment is on the News..."

May 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

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Bite the bullet and vote.

"...Ben Bentzin with his Barrientos DWI spot, but Governor Rick Perry outdid him with his implication that Tony Sanchez..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...million out of the state budget through line item vetoes...."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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The House Democrats' walkout was their best option in light of Republicans' vicious and highly partisan day in the sun; ending The Chronicle Hour quiets the right-wing voices in our head.

"...physically in Austin, essentially has been absent this session. Rick Perry's Li'l Abner turn, aw-shucks-ing his way through sound..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Capitol Chronicle

Governor Perry and his 82 vetoes: Government by Negation

"...the legislative session, last week Texas Monthly proclaimed Gov. Rick Perry "furniture" -- a category normally reserved for ancient..."

June 29, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Father's Day Massacre

A brief analysis of a number of Gov. Perry's vetoes

"...On June 17, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 78 bills passed during the recently adjourned..."

June 29, 2001 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

Issues other than redistricting found space on the guv's special-session plate -- some were even important.

"...presumption that idle hands are the devil's workshop, Gov. Rick Perry eventually "added to the call" 29 extremely important..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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If he were CEO, and not governor, of Texas, Rick Perry's lazy disloyalty would never be tolerated; look for new "Postmarks" online daily; Screens Editor Kimberley Jones decamps for graduate school; and we honor the righteous life of Marjorie Hershey.

"...Gov. Rick Perry's top priority, after his hair, is not the..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Lege Lines

Rick Perry calls a second special session

"...To the surprise of no one, Gov. Rick Perry announced on June 26 that, yes, there will..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Rick Bateman..."

May 23, 2003 Column

The Spirit of 76th

The Presidential Card

"...of the governor, and with only rookie Lt. Gov. Rick Perry to guide them, Republicans in the House and..."

June 18, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Austin Hit in Veto Spree

A look at the bills whose lives were cut short

"...waiting for him to call a special session, Gov. Rick Perry has put the final period on the regular..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lyceum: Stimulus Funds Debate Reverberates

How do you persuade Rick Perry to do the right thing?

"...the $555 million in federal stimulus cash that Gov. Rick Perry says he won't accept...."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 State stories

Molly, Please Come Back, We Need You!

"...go together like ... drugs and money. Take Gov. Rick Perry. His surprise mandate requiring girls to be vaccinated..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

Capitol Chronicle

After Nov. 5, a preview of Texas government to come

"...calling fellow Democrat Ann Richards a coke-head -- the Rick Perry vs. Tony Sanchez race has been marvelously unedifying...."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...• The Austin Police Department has arrested 31-year-old Rickey Desean Walls for allegedly assaulting a Capital Metro driver..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...the heaviest lifting concerned nursing-home legislation -- Wilson (a maverick Houston Democrat who, when he's not abusing Austin, insists..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: The Supremes Bail Out

Court ruling lets Voting Rights Act live for another day

"...in a thumb-sucker about the relative coherence of Gov. Rick Perry's vetoes vs. that of those Austinites taking part..."

June 26, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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"...inaction after they sat on their hands while Gov. Rick Perry, without much warning, devastated more legislation last year..."

May 23, 2003 Column by Louis Black

News Ticker: May 30

All the news that's fit to blog

"...sales grew in May. This was primarily because Gov. Rick Perry bought a new pair of cufflinks, but at..."

May 30, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

More Signs of the End Times

Have the Democrats found an unlikely ally in their fight to overturn Perry's budget cuts?

"...Craddick. In one of his most controversial line item vetoes of SB1, the state budget for 2008-9, Gov. Rick..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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