O Texans, Where Art Thou?

Last year, a story broke out in the Texas Monthly blog, the story was very scary, but like most story of great importance, most Texans simply ignored the reality of corruption and cronyism that has been present throughout Perry's time as Governor of Texas. Last year, Perry removed Linus Wright, a former Dallas school superintendent, as chair of the board that oversees the $88 billion Teacher Retirement System and has replaced him with R. David Kelly, a Dallas real estate investor, who is also a member of Perry’s campaign finance team. Now there are some evidences that Perry's campaign has been using some of the fund in the Teacher Retirement System. None of these behaviors are out of character for Perry, remember when the Governor's mansion was burn down by an arsonist, Perry used taxpayer money to pay for his lavish temporary residence in one of the most exclusive area in Austin. Also, a Perry legislative aide worked for a Spanish highway company that won a state contract to build a vast network of toll roads across the state. Furthermore, Bo Pilgrim, who is the king of chicken in Texas, donated $125,000 to Perry's GOP interests after the governor requested a waiver from the EPA's ethanol rules that Pilgrim wanted. In 2007, Perry's executive order mandating teenage girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV virus was done after the pharmaceutical giant Merck donated to Perry's campaign. Finally, there will be further ethical concerns that will be raised as the campaign progress. So, the question will remain, particularly for teachers, will Rick Perry be reelected for a third term?