July 1, 2010

Liberal trial lawyer Bill White is partnering with President Barack Obama to attack the Texas economy by supporting Washington-mandated environmental policies that will kill hundreds of thousands of Texas jobs. White is hiding this fact like he has hidden his taxes for his years in public service for 116 days and counting.

“Liberal Bill White is no friend to Texas when it comes to supporting the job-killing environmental policies of President Obama,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “By prompting the EPA to execute a power grab of Texas’ permitting process and by telling the Obama Administration how to sell cap and trade to the public, Bill White is clearly siding with Washington rather than Texas, as our state’s economy is seriously threatened by these actions.”

Yesterday, when the EPA initiated a power grab of Texas’ permitting process, White responded not by defending our state but by falsely claiming that Gov. Perry “created a confrontation with the EPA,” a lie that completely ignores White’s role in the action. [1]

In 2009, the Houston Chronicle reported White “met with senior EPA officials about how the state handles emissions permit requests,” and, “After meeting with White, EPA officials announced that many of the TCEQ rules are in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.” [2,3]

White also is a former Board Member of the Advisory Board of Environmental Defense Of Texas, as is EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz, the Obama Administration official responsible for the EPA’s power grab. [4,5]

The EPA’s power grab ignores Texas’ air quality successes, including the 22 percent reduction in ozone and 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions since 2000. [6]

June 30, 2010

Liberal trial lawyer Bill White should be held accountable for his role in the EPA’s power grab of Texas’ permitting process.

In 2009, the Houston Chronicle reported White “met with senior EPA officials about how the state handles emissions permit requests,” and, “After meeting with White, EPA officials announced that many of the TCEQ rules are in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.” [1, 2]

White also is a former Board Member of the Advisory Board of Environmental Defense Of Texas, as is EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz, the Obama Administration official responsible for the EPA’s power grab. [3, 4]

“Liberal Bill White should be held accountable for his role in the EPA’s power grab of Texas’ permitting process,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “Bill White specifically encouraged the EPA to attack Texas policies despite our state becoming a global energy leader while effectively cleaning our air and protecting our environment. Bill White has also served on the same environmental board as the Obama Administration official responsible for the EPA’s power grab, and Texas voters deserve to know if this scheme to place hundreds of thousands of Texas jobs at risk was created during meetings of this liberal advocacy group.”

The EPA’s power grab ignores Texas’ air quality successes, including the 22 percent reduction in ozone and 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions since 2000. [5]

June 30, 2010

Liberal trial lawyer Bill White continues to refuse to rule out raising taxes in addition to refusing to release his income taxes for his years in public service for 115 days and counting.

As detailed in an article in today’s Wall Street Journal titled, “Why Obamanomics Has Failed: Uncertainty about future taxes and regulations is enemy No. 1 of economic growth,” White’s threat of tax increases is harmful to the economy.

“Liberal Bill White’s refusal to rule out tax increases is yet another example of his support for the failed policies of President Obama,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “Bill White’s support for Obamacare, job-killing cap and trade legislation, and the $787 billion stimulus shows how out of touch he is with Texas voters, and his refusal to rule out tax increases is harmful to the economy.”

June 29, 2010

Liberal trial lawyer Bill White is embarrassed by and hiding his support for President Obama just like he has hidden his income tax returns for his years in public service for 114 days and counting. Though White has supported all three of President Obama’s signature policy initiatives – Obamacare, cap and trade, and the $787 billion stimulus – he is trying to deceive the public about his true beliefs.

Yesterday Politico reported that White is now “criticizing the size of the Democratic $787 billion dollar economic stimulus package,” a complete flip-flop from 2009 when White traveled to the White House to promote the stimulus with President Obama three days after it was signed into law.

White also denies he supports cap and trade despite writing a memo to the incoming Obama Administration telling them how to sell the job-killing legislation to the public, and he is now silent on Obamacare after stating he supported its goals before it was passed.

“Liberal Bill White is in lockstep with President Obama on all of his major policies, though he tries to hide that fact from Texas voters like he continues to hide his taxes,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “Which Bill White will show up today, Washington White who coaches the Obama Administration on how to fool voters on cap and trade, or Wily White who ducks and covers when trying to avoid direct answers?”

June 28, 2010

On Day 113 of liberal trial lawyer Bill White refusing to release his taxes for his years in public service, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Second Amendment rights also apply to state and local governments with its decision in the McDonald v. Chicago case.

Bill White was an active member of the US Conference of Mayors while he was mayor of Houston, and on April 24, 2009, the US Conference of Mayors filed an amicus brief defending Chicago’s ban on handguns by arguing that the Second Amendment does not extend to state and local governments. [1,2]

Bill White has stood silent and allowed yet another big-government Washington-based special interest group to attempt to chip away at basic American freedoms.

The US Conference of Mayors has also endorsed the principles of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group founded by New York City Mike Bloomberg that White was a member of for years and which the National Rifle Association has called an “anti-gun front group.” [3,4]

“Supporting limitations on gun rights is yet another example of how out of touch Bill White is with the people of Texas,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “The Supreme Court’s decision that Second Amendment rights also apply to state and local governments is a defeat for Bill White and others who seek to restrict gun rights.”

June 26, 2010

CORPUS CHRISTI - Following a smashing success of the Whitewash Report’s first edition and liberal trial lawyer Bill White's underwhelming speech last night at the Texas Democratic State Convention, Texans for Rick Perry has released the second edition of the Whitewash Report. The newsletter which reveals the truth about Bill White’s shameful record is found to be the only substantive material to come out of the convention.

The newsletter, available at http://liberalbill.com/whitewash2 and below, details Bill White’'s failure to announce any new policy initiatives or explain his past shady behavior in his lackluster convention speech. It also exposes the fiscal train wreck Bill White left behind for city of Houston, the Houston Metrogate scandals caused by his hand-picked leadership, and his support for restricting Second Amendment gun rights.

The Whitewash Report newsletter

Click here for the second edition of the Whitewash Report newsletter, covering news of Bill White’s underwhelming speech on Friday night, the fiscal mess he left behind in Houston, the scandals of his hand-picked METRO leadership, and the lies he has told about his his membership in a group of liberal big city mayors devoted to the restriction of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

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The Whitewash Report newsletter

Click here for the second edition of the Whitewash Report newsletter, covering news of Bill White’s underwhelming speech on Friday night, the fiscal mess he left behind in Houston, the scandals of his hand-picked METRO leadership, and the lies he has told about his his membership in a group of liberal big city mayors devoted to the restriction of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Follow @LiberalBill on Twitter for more!

CORPUS CHRISTI – As Democrats gather in Corpus Christi to draft an agenda that will tear down Texas values, Texans for Rick Perry has compiled the Whitewash Convention Media Survival Kit to help media covering the weekend pass the time and combat Bill White’s boredom.

Contents of the survival kit are listed and available for download below.

A list of the Top 10 confessions you won’t hear from Bill White during his convention speech.

The Whitewash Report newsletter

The first edition of the Whitewash Report newsletter, covering news of Bill White’s unethical actions during Hurricane Rita, his support of limited voting rights for the military, his time on the board of a company under investigation by Congress for polluting groundwater, and his advice to the Obama administration on how to sell cap and trade to the public.

A packet of No-Doz to help maintain consciousness during Bill
White’s floor speech.

Some Tylenol to battle the headache of Bill White’s liberal
political agenda and combat soreness caused by Bill White’s constant
flip-flopping over his true support for liberal policies.

“BTEC Bills” that detail how Bill White profiteered during Hurricane Rita by unethically steering a $2 million contract to BTEC, a company he had a financial relationship with.

A voter registration application (Liberal Bill believes members of the military need not apply).

The new BTEC Bill Bingo game to pass the time during Bill White’s speech

WHITE Water

A bottle of water brought to you by Texans for Rick Perry to keep you hydrated during the hot summer weekend. No telling what kind of water the Bill White campaign might give out, given Bill White’s relationship with BJ Services, a company under investigation by Congress for possibly polluting ground water in North Texas.

Media covering the convention may contact Mark Miner at (512) 567-2227 for their own Whitewash Media Survival Kit. Follow @LiberalBill on Twitter for more!

The Whitewash Report newsletter

Click here for the first edition of the Whitewash Report newsletter, covering news of Bill White’s unethical actions during Hurricane Rita, his support of limited voting rights for the military, his time on the board of a company under investigation by Congress for polluting groundwater, and his advice to the Obama administration on how to sell cap and trade to the public.

Follow @LiberalBill on Twitter for more!

Here are the Top 10 confessions you will not hear from Bill White during his convention floor speech this evening:

1. I will raise your taxes.

2. I refuse to release my tax returns for my years in public service because I have something to hide.

3. I was being paid by BTEC’s majority owner when I steered a $2 million contract to the company following Hurricane Rita.

4. A company that paid me $2.6 million to sit on its board while I was Houston’s mayor is under investigation by Congress for possibly polluting the groundwater in North Texas.

5. I profited from my position as Deputy Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton by forming a company to do business in the Middle East after spending taxpayer dollars to form business relationships in the same region.

6. I joined an anti-gun group founded by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and I signed letters to Congress from the group that supported new restrictions on gun rights.

7. I supported lawsuits and legislation while Texas Democratic Party Chairman to limit voting rights of the military.

8. I wrote a memo to Rahm Emanuel that told the incoming Obama Administration how to sell cap and trade to the public.

9. I left a $140 million shortfall for my successor in Houston, who said of my tenure as mayor, “For years now, we have spent more money than we have taken in. You can't spend more than you earn. It is a very unbusinesslike approach to running things.”

10. I am a liberal trial lawyer.

A list of the Top 10 confessions you won’t hear from Bill White during his convention speech.

Follow @LiberalBill for updates on Twitter.