Governor's office sues to keep Boeing documents secret

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/7227974.htm

AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry's office has filed a lawsuit seeking to keep secret the financial incentives offered to Boeing Co. to build a plant in Texas.
The lawsuit filed Thursday was in response to a request from Alfred Ehm, a member of the Texas Central Rail-Corridor Coalition of San Antonio, for details of the possible tax breaks that were being offered to the airplane maker.
"I'm trying to make a point that the government cannot receive and spend taxpayer money and claim they're not a public agency," Ehm told the Austin American-Statesman.
The state's Department of Economic Development, run by the governor's office, is negotiating with Chicago-based Boeing to build a manufacturing plant in Texas.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office ruled in October that some of the information about the incentives must be released.



I believe both parties have been guilty of this….here’s hoping the info gets released…it’s vital in a representative democracy to keep these critters honest.

Even THAT isn't enough to them from bribing corporations to build/relocate in Colorado.

but all our wonderful 'sunshine laws' are meaningless to jebbie.

I don't think any other corporation worked harder at exploiting terrorism in Washington State than Boeing did. Overpaid Boeing executives couldn't stop crying about what a crappy "business climate" Washington offered. They griped about the crappy traffic, the crappy schools and on and on. Ready for the punch line?

Boeing has been the biggest power in Seattle for generations. No one has more say in matters concerning government, traffic and schools. We DO have crappy schools - and Boeing is largely responsible, though Microsoft may now be an even more destructive force.

Boeing fled Washington State, then bribed our corrupt Governor Gary Locke into relieving them of something like $1 or $2 billion in taxes. I can't remember the specifics, but here's a good analogy:

I live in Seattle for twenty years, going out at night to practice my hobby (blowing up roads and schools). Then I decide to move to Texas or Colorado, so I ask Governor Gary Locke to give every penny I ever paid in taxes back to me.

Scr*w Boeing and its corporate mouthpieces, the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

came from a Boeing Family (lay off's), I was laid off 3yrs ago from Boeing best thing to happen to me!

I worked for the Seattle School District.