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Bill White is hiding his secret 10-year deferred compensation plan
Bill White has a secret 10-year deferred compensation plan with Wedge Group, including a $83,677 payment he received in 2009. No other details of the agreement are known.
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"Liberal Trial Lawyer Bill White’s Tax Problems Day 23: Ethics Problems Not Going Away For Years"
An ethics complaint has been filed against Bill White
Bill White is the subject of a complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission for his failure to report $83,677 in wages from Wedge Group in 2009 on his personal financial statement despite reporting the wages to the IRS.
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Bill White earned $2.6 million while mayor from a company under investigation by Congress
While mayor, Bill White earned more than $2.6 million serving on the board of company under investigation by Congress for polluting the groundwater in North Texas." Words used to describe this agreement include “unusual,” “rare,” “ill-advised,” and “dangerous.” BJ Services continued to tell the EPA it was complying with an agreement barring the injection of diesel fuel near drinking-water aquifers after admitting to Congress that it had violated the pact.
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"Bill White’s Tax Problem Day 11: $2.6 Million For What Exactly?"
Bill White says refusing to his taxes is not a "real issue."
Bill White initially refused to release his income tax returns on the grounds that they contained proprietary information, but he acknowledged that was a faulty defense when he released his 2009 returns but no other returns from his many years in public service.
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Paid For By Candidate Because Campaign Is Already Going Broke – Just Like Houston?
May 20, 2010
For 74 days liberal trial lawyer Bill White has hidden his taxes from the people of Texas, making it impossible for voters to know the truth about how he earned his millions.
Dear Mr. President, Here’s How To Sell Cap And Trade To The Public (P.S. Hire Me!)
May 19, 2010
For 73 days, liberal trial lawyer Bill White has hidden his taxes from the people of Texas while claiming that cap and trade doesn’t go far enough. Now there is evidence that White advised the incoming Obama Administration in 2008 on how to sell the job-killing legislation to the public.
Openness? Transparency? Not While Bill White And His Team Are Around
May 10, 2010
For 64 days, liberal trial lawyer Bill White has hidden his income taxes from the people of Texas, displaying his disregard for openness and transparency. The same sort of shadiness has surrounded Houston Metro for years, where repeated scandals have occurred under the board of directors appointed by White and the CEO hired by the board when White took office.
Day 59: Expert On Hiding The Truth
May 5, 2010
For 59 days, liberal trial lawyer Bill White has hidden his tax returns from the people of Texas. Among the information included on these missing returns are the millions of dollars that White has received from BJ Services, a company under investigation by Congress for polluting the groundwater in North Texas.
Day 58: Running From His Record
May 4, 2010
On day 58 of liberal trial lawyer Bill White refusing to release his income tax returns for his years in public service, Texans for Rick Perry has released a new video, “Bill White: Man on the Run.” This video is available online at www.rickperry.org and www.youtube.com/user/liberalbillwhite.
Day 57: Man On The Move Away From The Truth
May 3, 2010
For 57 days liberal trial lawyer Bill White has moved further away from the truth by refusing to release his income tax returns for his years in public service.
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Video: “Bill White’s Chicago Way”
October 21, 2010
When liberal trial lawyer Bill White ran for Houston mayor in 2003, he was asked, “Which city in the world could best serve as a role model for a future Houston?”
Bill White answer? “Chicago.” [1]
The video “Bill White’s Chicago Way” is available at www.YouTube.com:
“Liberal Bill White’s admiration for the Chicago Way was evident when he steered a contract following Hurricane Rita to a company he had a financial relationship with, then profited from a private investment in the company,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “While Houston mayor, Bill White met with two other followers of the Chicago Way, then-Senator Barack Obama and his future chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.”
The Associated Press has reported, “Barack Obama, before he became president, leads a list of luminaries who met with White in Houston during his six years leading the nation's fourth largest city, according to mayoral calendar records provided to The Associated Press by Perry's campaign. Former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and former Democratic presidential candidates Bill Richardson, John Edwards and Wesley Clark also made the list. There is a phone call with Caroline Kennedy and a meeting with Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who later became White House chief of staff.” [2]
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[1] “Campaign notebook,” Houston Chronicle, 11/2/03
[2] “White's schedule included politics, too,” Associated Press, 10/9/10, http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/whites-schedule-included-po...
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