Govs. Perry And Scott Go AWOL During State Emergencies To Attend Secret

Govs. Rick Perry And Rick Scott Go AWOL During State Emergencies To Attend Secret Koch Event
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/29/256783/rick-perry-scott-kiss-koch-ring/

As Texas faced some of the worst wildfires in its history and a severe drought crisis that has caused the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area, its governor was schmoozing with well-heeled conservative donors in Vail, Colorado at a retreat organized by the right-wing industrialist Koch brothers. Gov. Rick Perry (R) left his state without notifying constituents or the press and dodged inquiries into his whereabouts. The media had to resort to tracking the tail number of a private plane owned by one of Perry’s major campaign donors. “This was an opportunity to talk about the economic success in Texas,” a spokesperson said, denying that the trip had anything to do with a potential presidential run.

Perry has spent the past two months complaining that the Obama administration has not been paying enough attention to his state’s fires.

Meanwhile, in Florida, days after declaring a state of emergency for his state’s own climate crisis, Gov. Rick Scott (R) disappeared over the weekend, failing to disclose his whereabouts in his public schedule and refusing to respond to numerous press inquiries. Yesterday, Scott finally admitted he left the state without informing his constituents to attend the the Koch summit. Florida press spent most of the past few days trying to track down the rogue governor while more than 300 wildfires continue to burn in the state:

​We finally have an answer as to where Gov. Rick Scott was this weekend, and it confirms our suspicion: at the billionaire Koch brothers’ secret conference outside Vail, Colorado.

With those two, it's generally better when they're not around.

Republican Governors found comfortably suckling on the Koch Bros.' teat while state faces disasters.

Shouldn't they be thrilled to have been "chosen" by their corporate sponsors?

It comes natural to him, he knows no other way to act.

The only excuse I have is that it is an imaginary town 100% owned by Arabs and Texans and isn't really Colorado's fault.

:thumbsup:

The important thing for the people of Florida and Texas to remember is that both Governors had a great time and most likely picked up a lot of money.

Although it does seem ironic that if Governor Perry went to talk about "economic success in Texas," his constituents and the press would've been notified of such a thing?

Thanks for the thread, cal.