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Text in the ad reads, "Are you a stripper, an escort, or just a 'young hottie' impressed by an arrogant, entitled governor of Texas? Contact CASH [Committee Against Sexual Hypocrisy], and we will help you publicize your direct dealings with a Christian-buzzwords-spouting, 'family values' hypocrite and fraud. Click here to view an image of the ad via Salon. The Lone Star State Republican's wife Anita has been spotted by his side on the campaign trail this week.
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Earlier this summer before Perry jumped into the GOP primary mix, Politico reported that the Texas governor's camp was prepared to combat unfounded rumors dating back to as early as that Perry is gay should he run. Perry himself addressed allegations roughly seven years ago that he and his wife planned to divorce and that he was gay. He told the Austin American-Statesman at the time that he was being targeted with a "smear campaign" being conducted by his political enemies. The AP reported in Perry said the rumors "are not correct in any shape, form or fashion.
They're hurtful to my family. A message at the bottom of the ad taken out in the Austin Chronicle reads, "Note to gay people. Since launching his campaign last weekend, Perry has commanded significant attention in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
Ron Paul says under Rick Perry, government jobs grew by 170,000 in Texas
Increase of ,, or about 20, per year Federal government jobs: Let's put all of this in perspective. We see a few different ways to analyze these numbers. First, in critiquing Perry, not all government jobs are created equal.
Perry has the most direct influence over the growth in state jobs. His influence on local government jobs is weaker.
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And he has relatively little influence in securing federal job increases. Indeed, given his theme that the feds are overreaching, he might very well want fewer federal employees. We checked with representatives of cities and counties, and they agreed that it is pretty limited. Cities get about 36 percent of their funds from property taxes, 29 percent from sales taxes and much of the rest from items such as fines, right-of-way rentals and user fees, said Bennett Sandlin, executive director of the Texas Municipal League, which represents 1, Texas cities.
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Those sorts of income streams are not affected by the governor to any significant degree. Counties, similarly, are "highly reliant on the property tax," said Elna Christopher, a spokeswoman for the Texas Association of Counties.
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She said that state mandates can affect county employment numbers, particularly because a jail standards commission sets required ratios between prison inmates and correctional-officers. This leaves one major area: The state government does have significant influence over education budgets -- and most recently, this impact has been to shrink rather than increase.
Local education jobs have risen at about 11 percent, while non-educational local government jobs have risen by 37 percent.
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So with the government jobs Perry can affect the most -- state jobs -- the raw-number increase was well below what Paul claimed.