Flip-flop for Susan Combs?
By W. Gardner Selby
Published on Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 6:19 a.m.
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On advancing state money for a Formula One race
Susan Combs, Tuesday, November 15th, 2011.
Ruling: Full Flop | Details
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Years before the Formula One racetrack agreement became public knowledge in Central Texas, state Comptroller Susan Combs was a strong supporter. Yet on Nov. 15, 2011, she hit the brakes: Texas would not disburse $25 million in advance of the first race, she announced.
We put her statement through PolitiFact’s Flip-O-Meter. Did Combs do a high-speed turn?
Our sense is that while Combs has her reasons for the shift in position, it's a Full Flop, nevertheless.
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