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Perry-O-Meter: Guv kept education funds promise

Texas

Gov. Rick Perry gets two more Promise Kept ratings from the Perry-O-Meter.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms April 26, 2011

It was a long haul, but with $830 million in federal education aid poised to flow into the state, we’re rating Gov. Rick Perry’s promise to secure the money as Kept.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan put the Truth-O-Meter in motion after issuing a press release Friday announcing that Texas would be getting the education funds.

Read more here.

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stated on May 9, 2012 in a TV ad.:

Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."

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stated on May 14, 2012 in an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman:

Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."

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stated on March 1, 2012 in a campaign flier:

Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."

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stated on May 7, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."

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stated on April 16, 2012 in an Austin mayoral debate on KXAN-TV:

Says Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted for a toll lane on MoPac.

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stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Texas A&M University.:

"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."

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stated on March 24, 2012 in remarks at a Texas Capitol rally:

Says legislative cuts mean Texas is "spending on average $500 less per student."

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stated on April 13, 2012 in a Republican U.S. Senate debate:

Says that when adjusted for inflation and population growth, state general revenue spending has decreased 10.7 percent on his watch.

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Charlie Gonzalez

stated on March 27, 2012 in a conference call:

Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.

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stated on April 4, 2012 in an online video:

"6.4 million more Americans living in poverty under President Obama."

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Rosemary Lehmberg

stated on October 31, 2011 in campaign video:

Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.

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Elliott Naishtat

stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column:

"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."

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stated on March 15, 2012 in a tweet:

Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.

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stated on February 26, 2012 in an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:

"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."

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stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Arizona:

Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.

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stated on April 23, 2024 in in social media posts:

“Columbia University announced classes will be remote for the remainder of the school year.”

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stated on February 7, 2024 in TikTok posts:

Israel “accidentally voted (for) Palestine” at a United Nations Security Council meeting.

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Photo shows Stormy Daniels wearing a mushroom-patterned dress to court April 22.

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“Reba McEntire faces serious charges.”

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stated on April 17, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

Hunter Biden, “BLM rioters” and “COVID criminals” have “0 indictments”

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stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”

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Threads posts
stated on April 19, 2024 in a Threads post:

Former President Donald Trump “didn’t attend the graduations” of his other children.

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Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2024 in a post:

John Mellencamp was “booed off stage for praising Joe Biden.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 23, 2024