Perry himself went to California and got many many companies to come to Texas. The Lt Gov is a stupid dem who could care less. Get real
He was Lt. Gov. too...
Dear RED SOUTH: This article was written for people like you who spew uninformed talking points.
Dear Yankee
http://www.texasmonthly.com/2011-08-01/btl.php
That used to be true. Governors' seats in southern states were purposely kept weak. But since Perry has been in that office for 10 years he has filled 100% of all the appointed positions with "his" people. He is a powerful governor.
An excerpt from a recent article on that very subject:
"Government textbooks and the Texas Constitution say that ours is a weak-governor state. A strict constructionist would insist that the governor’s power is largely limited to making appointments to state boards and commissions and to vetoing bills.
In practice, the political power of the governor has expanded dramatically over the past four decades. Governor Perry has upended the political culture by establishing what amounts to a cabinet form of government.
The governor’s office isn’t just a power center; it is the power center. Every high-level appointee answers to Perry. Every agency head answers to Perry. He is able to dominate the Legislature in ways no governor before him did. Perry’s will to power has reshaped the traditional leadership roles. Before he came along, it was acknowledged that the lieutenant governor was the state’s most powerful official.
This situation is not entirely of Perry’s making. The cultural change that paved the way for the governor’s office to become
the power center of state government was the arrival of two prominent politicians. These were, of course, Ann Richards and George W. Bush, our first modern celebrity governors."