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stated on October 13, 2010 a TV ad.
Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 27, 2010
Kathie Glass
Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.
Says Rick Perry recently said he "wanted another (Texas) business tax."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
"Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."
Mostly True
October 22, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 5, 2010 a news story
Says Rick Perry told students he couldn't attend a gubernatorial forum due to scheduling conflicts, then on forum day "tweeted that he'd just been running with his dog."
Mostly True
October 14, 2010
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stated on September 8, 2010 a TV ad
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
Lone Star First
Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."
Pants on Fire!
October 1, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2010
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stated on August 24, 2010 a newspaper ad
Gov. Rick Perry "has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 28, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 a TV interview.
"The state budget has gone up over 80 percent under Rick Perry."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference.
Says Gov. Rick Perry is "by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference
Gov. Rick Perry broke his promise that he would not accept a $40,000 pay increase.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 27, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 17, 2010 an e-mail
"Rick Perry attempted to fast-track unnecessary coal-fired power plants, which degrade air quality and would cost billions. Fortunately, a court stopped him."
Mostly True
June 7, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on May 20, 2010 an e-mail blast.
Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 19, 2010 a Facebook post
"In three days last week, (Gov. Rick) Perry flew to five cities at taxpayers’ expense, holding press conferences, delivering $2,325,000 in checks."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on April 30, 2010 a press release
Says Gov. Rick Perry failed "to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities."
False
May 10, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on April 20, 2010 an interview
Says Gov. Rick Perry has never held a private-sector job.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 his autobiography
"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Linda Curtis
Linda Curtis
stated on March 4, 2010 a Web post
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
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