Flashback: Bill White Refuses To Rule Out Raising Taxes
Liberal trial lawyer revealed support for higher taxes during Texas Tribune interview in March
| For Immediate Distribution: News Release October 15, 2010 |
Texans for Rick Perry: (512) 478-3276 Mark Miner: markminer@rickperry.org Catherine Frazier: catherinefrazier@rickperry.org |
When liberal trial lawyer Bill White sits down with the Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith for an interview this afternoon, it will be the second time he has done so during this campaign.
His first Texas Tribune interview, on March 9, 2010, was a disaster.
Evan Smith asked, “Will you commit to this audience that as governor you would not raise taxes?”
Bill White responded, “No, I mean, I won’t.”
Video of this exchange is available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVtz3s1pliM.
“Voters have a clear choice between Gov. Perry, who opposes new taxes and whose fiscal responsibility has made Texas’ economy the envy of the nation, and Bill White, who refuses to rule out raising taxes and whose ‘unbusinesslike approach’ and overspending left behind a fiscal crisis for his successor as Houston mayor,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner.
One day after Bill White’s first Texas Tribune interview, Houston Mayor Annise Parker said, “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.” (“City's budget woes may mean furloughs, layoffs,” Houston Chronicle, 3/11/10, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6907348.html)
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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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