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Also once in 2006 with Bell, Kinky, and Strayhorn.
Wow.
Twice.
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Also once in 2006 with Bell, Kinky, and Strayhorn.
Apparently three more times than you knew about, Chump.
Like I said, I'm not even a Perry supporter but you guys are dramatically underestimating his ability to be a formidable challenger to Obama.
Thanks. I don't remember any of it.
LOL, my wife was just asking me yesterday how I thought Perry would fair against Obama. I told that since Obama can't run on his record he would run the dirtiest, sleaziest campaign we've seen. The light bulb went off in her head and she said "Oh that'll be perfect for Perry".
I never said he wouldn't be, so thanks for not making that baseless assumption.
If you guys think Barry isn't going to run on Obamacare, how much worse we would be without the stimulus, killing OBL, and the economy he inherited, you guys are smoking crack. Doesn't mean anybody is buying it, but I don't see a negative-only campaign at all.
The letter in the OP said the structural budget shortfalls would be *conservatively* on the order of $5bn
http://www.businessinsider.com/texas...ortfall-2011-1
Ended up being north of 11bn, or 27bn for the 2012-2013 biennium.
Here is the comptroller's report (Susan Combs)
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxbud...RE_2012-13.pdf
The solution to this really did a number on an already lean government, and essentially guaranteed the State will end up in court over school funding.
Basically they slashed education funds to local schools, and any form of financial aid for higher education.
We got a budget that comes closest to libertarian/tea party ideals than in a long time, and ended up cutting about $15bn out, after all sorts of gimmicky crap to sneak tax increases in.
Basically they shuffled state responsibilities onto local governments, a lot like Federal budgets are doing to states.
Texas Lawmakers Kick Tough Decisions Down the Road
Texas lawmakers started the year promising to make hard choices to solve the largest budget shortfall in the state's history. They delivered one speech after another about not "kicking the can" down the road.
Yet that's exactly what they did.
Gov. Rick Perry signed a budget that was balanced only through accounting maneuvers, rewriting school funding laws, ignoring a growing population and delaying payments on bills coming due in 2013.
It accomplishes, however, what the Republican majority wanted most: It did not raise taxes, took little from the Rainy Day Fund and shifted any future deficits onto the next Legislature.
Those are key talking points for Perry, as he speaks to the conservative faithful around the country and considers a run for president in 2012. Many Republican lawmakers have complained privately, and Democrats publicly, that Perry has heavily influenced the session to make sure nothing passed that would hurt a potential campaign.
Rick Perry’s budget sleight-of-hand
For the first time in more than 25 years, Texas will not factor in enrollment growth in school budgeting: Perry’s budget assumes that the student population will remain constant, when more than 160,000 new students are projected to enroll in Texas public schools over the next two years.
At the same time that its school population is growing, the Perry budget cuts $4 billion in basic spending on public education. The reduction could force school districts across the state to cut tens of thousands of jobs, increase class sizes, or hike local property taxes. It’s the first time since World War II that Texas has decreased education spending per student, according to the AP. But the earliest rounds of teacher layoffs and other painful cuts won’t take effect until the spring.
Public Sector Added to Texas Job Boom
—Leslie Eaton contributed to this article.DALLAS—As Texas Gov. Rick Perry ponders a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Texans weighing his economic legacy are debating the role played by a long boom in government jobs—and the possible bust ahead.
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Opponents rallied in Austin, Texas, last month against a measure designed to help schools reduce their costs.
.Texas has enjoyed the most robust economy in the U.S. during Mr. Perry's decade as governor, which is one reason his potential candidacy is attracting national attention. The Lone Star State gained more than a million jobs since the end of 2000, while the U.S. has lost almost 1.5 million, according data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
About 300,000 of the new Texas jobs were in government. Well over half of them, fueled by the surging population, were at public schools. Employment in the state's public sector has jumped 19% since 2000, compared with a 9% rise in the private sector.
WSJ's Willa Plank reports the nation's CEOs do not see an economic recovery underway and do not plan to hire workers anytime soon. Also, over the past ten years, the American adult work force has dropped to 1983 levels. Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
.Now layoffs loom. State budget cuts, championed by Mr. Perry to address a big budget shortfall, are prompting school districts around the state to lay off hundreds of teachers and other workers going into the school year starting next month.
The layoffs haven't shown up in federal data, but some economists forecast they may damp the state's vaunted economic growth. And many more jobs are likely to disappear over the next two years as a result of about $15 billion in state budget cuts.
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."I would certainly anticipate that government jobs would be a drag in the next couple of years," said Ray Perryman, a nonpartisan economist based in Waco.
Mr. Perry's office said he wasn't available to comment. A spokeswoman said the growth in public-school jobs reflects the population boom, adding Mr. Perry doesn't believe budget cuts will hamper the Texas economy. "The key to prosperity is the growth of the private sector, not the government sector," said the spokeswoman, Catherine Frazier.
Mr. Perry has urged the rest of the U.S. to use the state's low taxes, light regulation and tort reform as a model for driving private-sector growth. The fastest-growing employment sector in Texas during his tenure has been mining, which includes the booming oil and gas industry, up 63% in past decade, or 94,000, to 243,000 jobs.
Looking at the number of net new jobs, the biggest increases were in private education and health, up 408,000 jobs, or 40%, and government, up 301,000, or 19%. Employment in manufacturing and information fell.
Critics say many of the new jobs are low-wage and without benefits; according to federal data, the state is tied with Mississippi for the largest percentage of hourly workers who make minimum wage or less, at 9.5%.
Texas also benefits from factors not easily replicated elsewhere. Among them: Texas' massive size, which can support job-rich infrastructure such as the Port of Houston; its oil and gas deposits; its proximity to Mexico, an important trading partner; and its young and expanding population.
Over the past decade, Texas has added more people than any other state and now accounts for 8.1% of the U.S. population, up from about 7.4% in 2000. And Texas has added more than one in five of the public-sector jobs nationwide, including those at the local, state and federal levels.
Local government jobs in Texas rose by 225,000, or 21%, between year-end 2000 and 2010, with 169,000 of those jobs related to education, an increase of 24%, all according to federal data not adjusted for seasonal factors.
Mr. Perry has tended to play down the magnitude of government hiring, maintaining that the government's economic role is to create a favorable climate for private businesses. "Government doesn't create any jobs," he said last month on Glenn Beck's show on Fox News. "They can actually run jobs away."
But the Texas numbers show the government did create jobs, with the help of federal stimulus funds, said Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Democratic state representative from Houston. "That's government money that created government jobs," he said.
Though tea-party supporters in Texas have backed big cuts in government spending, Mark Reid, chairman of the steering committee of the Texas Tea Party Alliance, said he wasn't bothered by the expansion of local education jobs. "I know people are moving to the state and as communities grow we have to build schools," he said.
In Texas, the state is responsible for a large portion of local schools' spending. Faced with a big budget shortfall, the legislature this spring reduced per-pupil aid by several billion dollars. Those cuts will result in more than 48,000 public-school layoffs just in 2013, said Eva de Luna Castro, a senior budget analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think tank in Austin. Other say such forecasts are overblown, arguing schools can save jobs through efficiencies and tapping reserve funds.
Austin Independent School District has already given pink slips to more than 500 workers. Rachel Zertuche, a sixth-grade English and history teacher, was among them. She is now working as a "glorified secretary," she said, without benefits.
"It's going to end up being a big mess," she said of the cuts imposed by legislators. "They're being short-sighted."
I don't think I am selling him short at all.
He will be a good candidate, and will give Obama a run for his money.
That will make the state of Texas' economy center stage, in all its warts.
I guess we get to see how thousands of laid off teachers will play on the national stage.
Public Sector Added to Texas Job Boom
—Leslie Eaton contributed to this article.DALLAS—As Texas Gov. Rick Perry ponders a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Texans weighing his economic legacy are debating the role played by a long boom in government jobs—and the possible bust ahead.
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Austin American-Statesman/Associated Press
Opponents rallied in Austin, Texas, last month against a measure designed to help schools reduce their costs.
.Texas has enjoyed the most robust economy in the U.S. during Mr. Perry's decade as governor, which is one reason his potential candidacy is attracting national attention. The Lone Star State gained more than a million jobs since the end of 2000, while the U.S. has lost almost 1.5 million, according data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
About 300,000 of the new Texas jobs were in government. Well over half of them, fueled by the surging population, were at public schools. Employment in the state's public sector has jumped 19% since 2000, compared with a 9% rise in the private sector.
WSJ's Willa Plank reports the nation's CEOs do not see an economic recovery underway and do not plan to hire workers anytime soon. Also, over the past ten years, the American adult work force has dropped to 1983 levels. Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
.Now layoffs loom. State budget cuts, championed by Mr. Perry to address a big budget shortfall, are prompting school districts around the state to lay off hundreds of teachers and other workers going into the school year starting next month.
The layoffs haven't shown up in federal data, but some economists forecast they may damp the state's vaunted economic growth. And many more jobs are likely to disappear over the next two years as a result of about $15 billion in state budget cuts.
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."I would certainly anticipate that government jobs would be a drag in the next couple of years," said Ray Perryman, a nonpartisan economist based in Waco.
Mr. Perry's office said he wasn't available to comment. A spokeswoman said the growth in public-school jobs reflects the population boom, adding Mr. Perry doesn't believe budget cuts will hamper the Texas economy. "The key to prosperity is the growth of the private sector, not the government sector," said the spokeswoman, Catherine Frazier.
Mr. Perry has urged the rest of the U.S. to use the state's low taxes, light regulation and tort reform as a model for driving private-sector growth. The fastest-growing employment sector in Texas during his tenure has been mining, which includes the booming oil and gas industry, up 63% in past decade, or 94,000, to 243,000 jobs.
Looking at the number of net new jobs, the biggest increases were in private education and health, up 408,000 jobs, or 40%, and government, up 301,000, or 19%. Employment in manufacturing and information fell.
Critics say many of the new jobs are low-wage and without benefits; according to federal data, the state is tied with Mississippi for the largest percentage of hourly workers who make minimum wage or less, at 9.5%.
Texas also benefits from factors not easily replicated elsewhere. Among them: Texas' massive size, which can support job-rich infrastructure such as the Port of Houston; its oil and gas deposits; its proximity to Mexico, an important trading partner; and its young and expanding population.
Over the past decade, Texas has added more people than any other state and now accounts for 8.1% of the U.S. population, up from about 7.4% in 2000. And Texas has added more than one in five of the public-sector jobs nationwide, including those at the local, state and federal levels.
Local government jobs in Texas rose by 225,000, or 21%, between year-end 2000 and 2010, with 169,000 of those jobs related to education, an increase of 24%, all according to federal data not adjusted for seasonal factors.
Mr. Perry has tended to play down the magnitude of government hiring, maintaining that the government's economic role is to create a favorable climate for private businesses. "Government doesn't create any jobs," he said last month on Glenn Beck's show on Fox News. "They can actually run jobs away."
But the Texas numbers show the government did create jobs, with the help of federal stimulus funds, said Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Democratic state representative from Houston. "That's government money that created government jobs," he said.
Though tea-party supporters in Texas have backed big cuts in government spending, Mark Reid, chairman of the steering committee of the Texas Tea Party Alliance, said he wasn't bothered by the expansion of local education jobs. "I know people are moving to the state and as communities grow we have to build schools," he said.
In Texas, the state is responsible for a large portion of local schools' spending. Faced with a big budget shortfall, the legislature this spring reduced per-pupil aid by several billion dollars. Those cuts will result in more than 48,000 public-school layoffs just in 2013, said Eva de Luna Castro, a senior budget analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think tank in Austin. Other say such forecasts are overblown, arguing schools can save jobs through efficiencies and tapping reserve funds.
Austin Independent School District has already given pink slips to more than 500 workers. Rachel Zertuche, a sixth-grade English and history teacher, was among them. She is now working as a "glorified secretary," she said, without benefits.
"It's going to end up being a big mess," she said of the cuts imposed by legislators. "They're being short-sighted."
I don't think I am selling him short at all.
He will be a good candidate, and will give Obama a run for his money.
That will make the state of Texas' economy center stage, in all its warts.
I guess we get to see how thousands of laid off teachers will play on the national stage.
Teacher Layoffs Felt In Classrooms
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If the tutoring was doing something, then we can expect test scores to drop. That is if they don't lower the standards to hide it, which happens all the time.
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Texas slips in per-pupil education spending among states
That places Texas 37th in spending among the states and the District of Columbia. Ten years ago, Texas ranked 25th and was $281 below the national average.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state...ong-states.ece
You know what? Good for Perry if he added jobs through the public sector. It's a way to temporarily pump the economy and something Barry should've focused on during his stimulus package.
Personally, I think the cuts to education are going to do a lot more damage than the right will want to admit to.
That said, we have a test bed, for good or ill, we will get to find out. If it works, great, if not, then we still have some feedback as to what deep cuts that the tea party/libertarians seem to favor will actually do in reality.
Too bad my kids are the test subjects.
Damn, RG is really ting himself over Perry.
Last edited by DarrinS; 08-15-2011 at 02:15 PM.
He's just being a good little Obamabot.
Taxing The Poor In Texas
Incidentally, you might be thinking about Rick Perry’s complaint that poor people and retirees don’t pay enough in taxes and wonder how Texas is doing on that score. Unfortunately, the Ins ute on Taxation and Economic Policy data on Texas tax structure (PDF) doesn’t let me look at retirees. We can, however, see that among the non-elderly, Governor Perry has done a great job of soaking the poor:
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/20...poor-in-texas/
Rick Perry Thinks Texas Climate Scientists Are In A ‘Secular Carbon Cult’
he argues that climate science is “all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight” in his book, Fed Up!
For example, they have seen the headlines in the past year about doctored data related to global warming. They know we have been experiencing a cooling trend, that the complexities of the global atmosphere have often eluded the most sophisticated scientists, and that draconian policies with dire economic effects based on so-called science may not stand the test of time. Quite frankly, when science gets hijacked by the political Left, we should all be concerned. . . .
And it’s all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight. Al Gore is a prophet all right, a false prophet of a secular carbon cult, and now even moderate Democrats aren’t buying it.
n an e-mail interview with ThinkProgress, Dr. Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University responds that Perry is wrong:
There are dozens of credible atmospheric scientists in Texas at ins utions like Rice, UT, and Texas A&M, and I can confidently say that none agree with Gov. Perry’s views on the science of climate change. This is a particularly unfortunate situation given the ish drought that Texas is now experiencing, and which climate change is almost certainly making worse.
Below is a partial list of the Texas climate scientists who disagree with Perry’s denial of climate science:
Jay Banner, professor, Jackson School of Geosciences and director, Environmental Science Ins ute, The University of Texas at Austin
Donald Blankenship, senior research scientist, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth Bowman, atmospheric sciences department head, Texas A&M University
Sarah D. Brooks, associate professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
Ginny Catania, assistant professor, Earth Surface and Hydrologic Processes, The University of Texas at Austin
Ping Chang, professor of atmospheric sciences and oceanography, Texas A&M University, and director, Texas Center for Climate Studies
Don Collins, professor and director of environmental programs in geosciences, Texas A&M University
Don Conlee, instructional associate professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
Kerry Cook, professor, Climate Systems Science, The University of Texas at Austin
Andrew Dessler, professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
Robert inson, professor of geological sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
André Droxler, professor of earth science and director of the Center for the Study of Environment and Society, Rice University
Robert Duce, distinguished professor emeritus, Departments of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Craig Epifanio, associate professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
Rong Fu, professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Charles Jackson, research scientist, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Rob Korty, assistant professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
Katharine Hayhoe, research associate professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas Tech University
Mark Lemmon, professor of planetary sciences, Texas A&M University
Shaima L. Nasiri, assistant professor of atmospheric sciences, Texas A&M University
John Nielsen-Gammon, professor, Texas A&M University and Texas State Climatologist
Gerald North, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Richard Orville, professor and director, Cooperative Ins ute for Applied Meteorological Studies, Texas A&M University
R. Lee Panetta, professor of atmospheric sciences and mathematics, Texas A&M University
Jud Partin, postdoctoral fellow, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Terry Quinn, research professor and Director, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
R. Saravanan, professor, Texas A&M University
Gunnar W. Schade, assistant professor, Texas A&M University
Courtney Schumacher, associate professor, Texas A&M University
Russ Schumacher, assistant professor, Texas A&M University
Istvan Szunyogh, associate professor, Texas A&M University
Fred Taylor, senior research scientist, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Tobis, research science associate, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Ned Vizy, research science associate, Ins ute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas Wilheit, research professor, Texas A&M University
Ping Yang, professor and holder of the David Bullock Harris Chair in Geosciences, Texas A&M University
Renyi Zhang, Professor, director of the Center for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Environment, and Holder of the Harold J. Haynes Chair in Geosciences, Texas A&M University
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/...r-carbon-cult/
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Nothing but lies and global warming denial by the Governor of an oil-financed state, duh.
HISD lost 500 teachers after final layoffs.
Gee that's horrible but it's the only way the people listed below could think of to cut expenses.
Grier Terry Brooks Superintendent Supt of Schools $300,000.00
Lindsay Richard Chief of Staff Business Serv Chief Officer, Business Ops $219,544.50
Morris Jr Charles Franklin Chief Academic Officer Chief Academic Officer $214,000.00
Garrett Melinda J Finance and Business Service Chief Financial Officer $207,584.76
Moore Robert E Office of the Inspector Genera Inspector General $171,524.49
Vela William Leroy Communications & Publications Asst Supt, Comm&Publications $167,475.00
Ervin Warner D South Regional Office Reg Supt $163,375.73
Thornhill Barbara M West Regional Office Reg Supt $163,279.73
Garza Thelma D East Regional Office Reg Supt $163,279.73
Valdez Gregory J Technology and Information Technology Information Officer $162,400.00
Wilson Cynthia Lou Q North Regional Office Reg Supt $161,935.73
Tamez Adriana Central Regional Office Reg Supt $160,231.73
Huewitt Kenneth R Finance Controller $157,077.73
Pola Michele M Chief of Staff Chief of Staff, 12 M $156,568.68
Pottinger Stephen M Materials Management Gen Mgr, Procure&Wrhouse Srs $155,358.40
Russell Bonnie Transportation Gen Mgr, Transport $148,190.00
Best Jobina Ann Human Resources Deputy Supt, Human Talent $147,175.00
Singleton Deborah L Alternative & Charter Schools Reg Supt, Alt&Charter Schools $146,337.47
Boehm Donald R Financial Management Attorne Tax, Fin&Real Est Manage Attn $145,603.54
Randall Jr James Donald Technology and Information Sr Mgr, IT $145,000.00
Bailey Bradford R Benefits Gen Mgr, Benefits&Risk Manage $142,804.30
Burroughs Willie T Bond Fund Pgm Gen Mgr, Construction $138,522.13
Stevens Carla J Research and Accountability Asst Supt, Research $133,000.00
Veselka Ronnie E HR Operations Gen Mgr, Human Resources-Hrly $132,080.00
McSwain James A Lamar High School Principal, High School $127,200.00
Dennis Glenda Louise Performance Management Gen Mgr, StratPlan and Account $127,000.00
Eaves Sharon Gail Budgeting & Financial Planning Gen Mgr, Budget and Finc Plan $126,726.45
Caleb Mable R Kashmere High School Principal, High School $123,500.00
Amstutz Steven E Lee High School Principal, High School $123,500.00
Deleon Daniel Chavez High School Principal, High School $122,850.00
Smith Mark L Chief Academic Officer Asst Supt, Academic Services $121,541.00
Andrews Ruby J Ryan Middle School Principal, Middle School $121,400.00
Barajas Richard Milby High School Principal, High School $120,300.00
Llorente Linda M Austin High School Principal, High School $120,200.00
Crump Jane E Sam Houston School Math/Scienc Principal, High School $118,950.00
Graff Hans P Legal Services Asst General Counsel $118,632.09
Wade Daryl Wayne School Athletics & Activities Athletics Director $118,449.49
Salem Timothy J Bellaire High School Principal, High School $118,300.00
Uzzell Melanie East Regional Office Executive Principal-Hrly $117,856.00
Koonce Sharon L Learning Academy Asst Supt, Prof Development $117,600.12
Vasquez Mario L Legal Services Asst General Counsel $117,551.87
Givens Rever J Jordan High School Principal, High School $117,500.00
Salazar-Zamora Martha D School Support Services Asst Supt School Support $116,725.00
Dotson Jimmy L Police Department Chief of Police $116,725.00
Todd Aubrey R Madison High School Principal, High School $116,675.00
Addison Mary M South Regional Office Executive Principal $116,404.60
Siebenaler Steve A Waltrip High School Principal, High School $116,300.00
Guess Carolyn T Special Education Asst Supt, Special Ed $116,153.37
Castro Paul D Westside High School Principal, High School $116,100.00
Bryant Charles H South Regional Office Executive Principal $116,020.60
Benavides Sandra O Central Regional Office Executive Principal $115,252.60
Licata Tina A Business Develop & Assistanc Gen Mgr, Business Assistance $115,000.00
Gomez Audrey L HR Operations Gen Mgr, Human Resources $115,000.00
Murugan Mullai Applications Sr Applications Developer $114,999.50
Goggin James M North Regional Office Executive Principal $114,964.60
Cavazos Patsy A East Regional Office Executive Principal $114,964.60
Garza Noelia D Special Populations Asst Supt, Special Pops $114,894.32
Villarreal Teodoro J South Regional Office Executive Principal $114,868.60
Gibson-Johnson Diana L North Regional Office Executive Principal $114,868.60
Alaniz Armando West Regional Office Executive Principal $114,868.60
Sledge Ann West Regional Office Executive Principal $114,772.60
Cruz Marilyn Central Regional Office Executive Principal $114,580.60
Vollmer David M Student Information Systems Sr Mgr, IT $114,516.18
Simmons Bertie Furr High School Principal, High School $114,500.00
Monaghan Thomas P West Regional Office Executive Principal $114,484.60
Fonteno Kimberly R West Regional Office Executive Principal $114,292.60
Weeden Tracy L Elementary Curriculum Instruct Asst Supt, Curriculum $114,263.16
Green Bruce W Bond Fund Pgm Sr Mgr, Construction Services $114,200.79
Sarabia Samuel D East Regional Office Executive Principal $114,004.60
Hinojosa Lupita North Regional Office Executive Principal $114,004.60
Berry Sharon D North Regional Office Executive Principal $114,004.60
Manley Nancy C Alternative & Charter Schools Executive Principal $113,908.60
Castaneda Jaime Davis High School Principal, High School $113,675.00
Berger Connie M Reagan High School Principal, High School $113,675.00
Dimmitt Julia B Central Regional Office Executive Principal $113,284.60
Daily Tammie A Central Regional Office Executive Principal $113,212.60
Gonzalez Michael Medicaid/Property Mgmt Sr Mgr, Medicaid Finance $113,178.44
Mack Reginald L Bond Fund Pgm Sr Mgr, Construction Services $112,066.72
Mouton Jocelyn F West Regional Office Executive Principal $111,988.60
Crowe Deborah A East Regional Office Executive Principal $111,988.60
Landrum Mark A Networking Sr Tech Solutions Architect $111,938.27
LeBlanc Miles James Legal Services Asst General Counsel $111,691.04
Delarosa Diana M Long Middle School Principal, Middle School $111,550.00
Galbraith David B Legal Services Asst General Counsel $111,494.02
Moore Donovan B PeopleSoft Project Team Sr Mgr, IT $111,278.51
Jackson Turrance Networking Technology Project Manager $111,121.54
Mumphery Ronald L Yates High School Principal, High School $109,950.00
Yeung William Vinh-Hao Networking Sr Platform Systems Admin $109,772.25
Cripps-Rains Sarah F Sutton Elementary Principal, Elementary School $108,500.00
Kimbrell Peggy M PeopleSoft Project Team Applications Developer $107,681.35
Whitley Linda E Woodson Middle School Principal, Middle School $107,500.00
Redricks Kathi D Finance General Accounting Asst Controller $107,082.50
Allen Caleen Strategic Partnerships Gen Mgr, Strat Partnerships $107,082.50
Tyrell Suzanne Gresham SAP Project Sr Mgr, IT $106,575.00
Perez Sylvia V Mitc Elementary Principal, Elementary School $106,500.00
Bradley Carl B Networking Mgr, IT $106,046.16
Addison Joseph E Hartman Middle School Principal, Middle School $105,675.00
Kalantar Linda Petersen Elementary Principal, Elementary School $105,550.00
Orum Valerie J Codwell Elementary Principal, Elementary School $105,500.00
Godwin Frances L Emerson Elementary Principal, Elementary School $105,200.00
Smith Meredith J Bond Fund Pgm Sr Mgr, Construction Services $105,113.60
Wear Tracye Advanced Academics Mgr, Advanced Academics $105,000.93
Coleman Eric Westbury High School Principal, High School $104,950.00
Gomez Mary J Elementary Curriculum Instruct Mgr, Curriculum $104,622.97
McNeil Faye C Montgomery Elementary Principal, Elementary School $104,500.00
Johnson Wiley L Wheatley High School Principal, High School $104,400.00
McGlasson Georgia A Attendance Boundaries Transf Sr Mgr, Stdnt Guide&Policies $104,288.06
Terry Vesta M Garden Villas Elementary Principal, Elementary School $104,200.00
Threet John T West University Elementary Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Sosa-Gonzalez Patricia M Martinez C Elementary Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Morgan Bonita L Hines-Caldwell ES Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Kennedy Laquetta J Felix Cook ES Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Carrion Elba D Martinez Elementary Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Beringer Kevin J Harvard Elementary Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Abarca-Castro Adriana M Moreno ES Principal, Elementary School $103,500.00
Morgan Kathleen R South Regional Office Reg Mgr $103,420.05
Lewis Cheryl D Bellfort ECC Principal, Elementary School $103,200.00
Rios Elizabeth Burbank Elementary Principal, Elementary School $102,850.00
Patterson Ivalyn C Hobby Elementary Principal, Elementary School $102,850.00
Castillo Joseph R PeopleSoft Project Team Applications Developer $102,805.53
Poindexter Ilda A South Regional Office Reg Mgr-Hr $102,575.36
Oneill Jr Thomas W Longfellow Elementary Principal, Elementary School $102,550.00
Amerson Jeffrey W Sharpstown Middle School Principal, Middle School $102,400.00
Selig Carol A Parker Elementary Principal, Elementary School $102,200.00
Bargaleski Susan A Scarborough Elementary Principal, Elementary School $102,200.00
Moore Tresa A CLC High School Principal, High School $102,125.00
Flores Rebecca Governmental Relations Government Relations Director $102,117.61
Little Sandra J Valley West Elementary Principal, Elementary School $101,850.00
Olivo Efrain Co-Curricular Activities Dir, School Support Services $101,812.00
Salazar Gloria M K Smith Elementary Principal, Elementary School $101,550.00
Covarrubia Jose A Cage Elementary Principal, Elementary School $101,550.00
Cage Beverly J Almeda Elementary Principal, Elementary School $101,550.00
Summers Alan L Scarborough High School Principal, High School $101,125.00
Bunnell Roger A Hamilton Middle School Principal, Middle School $101,125.00
Vaughn Roslyn S Anderson Elementary Principal, Elementary School $100,925.00
Wilson Erwann Davis Key Middle School Principal, Middle School $100,850.00
Lowe Robin E Pershing Middle School Principal, Middle School $100,825.00
McGhee Cornell T J R O T C Sr Mgr, JROTC $100,699.00
Viebrock Paula J Bell Elementary Principal, Elementary School $100,550.00
Randall Pamela R South Regional Office Reg Mgr-Hr $100,482.40
Haro John Thomas Secondary Curriculum Instruct Academic Services Director $100,363.20
Dolan Thomas H Benefits Sr Mgr, Workers Compensation $100,035.97
Allen John L Sharpstown High School Principal, High School $100,000.00
A freaking elementary school principal makes 100+K???
STARTING salary for teachers in the district I am in in Pa is 60K.
22 year old K.Garten teacher - 60 grand for 9 months work. (Yes the principals are 6 figure.)
Private Enterprise Unleashed During World War II
Probably the single most false claim in Rick Perry’s book is his view of the end of the Great Depression, namely that “recovery did not come until World War II, when FDR was finally persuaded to unleash private enterprise.”
World War II is, of course, an example of the reverse. With the nation engaged in a total war against Germany and Japan, the federal government introduced massive distortions into the marketplace in order to maximize production of things that were useful for winning the war. That meant, among other things, massive rationing and price controls
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/20...-world-war-ii/
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and of course a HUGE INCREASE in the annual deficit and govt debt, aka, fiscsal stimulus by selling "patriotic" bonds to the citizenry, and bonds everywhere, aka, printing money.
Jimmry Ricky just sounds pretty dumb, pretty much like dubya. But Americans like their Repug politicians dumb, anti-scientific, anti-intellectual, uneducated.
Like lots of folks here probably, I have voted for Perry by holding my nose, and by holding the other political party in this state responsible for fielding such hapless candidates.
Lots of Republicans and lots of Independents don't like Perry because he they know he is a lying political hack.
Having said that, he is a very strong campaigner because truth matters not at all to him, and he has forfeited the future of his state's educational ins utions at the altar of his political ambitions. Moreover, he has hit on the most important thing to Americans...JOBS. Forget the deficit (he certainly has), forget the future (he doesn't care)...promise that he can bring jobs to the U.S. the way that 'he' has brought them to Texas. He can't...Krugman is right in his analysis, but the voting public doesn't care.
He makes a good speech and can get a crown revved up.
Those who think he will be a weak candidate are wrong, IMHO.
But those who believe that Obama will lose to him in a debate are also wrong.
The question will come down to who people WANT to believe more...Obama or Perry...and I think that Obama may lose that.
But God help America if Perry wins.
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