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Editorial: Advertise plan, not Perry

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

We’ve seen it a million times, and from both sides of the political aisle: Elected officials exploit official business to splash their faces across TV or billboards.

So it wouldn’t surprise anyone to see TV spots in which Gov. Rick Perry promotes himself as he also pitches for a tax restructuring plan he supports for school finance.

But since this is an election year — even if it weren’t, the issue would be the same — Perry’s proponents are right to point out something:

A planned ad campaign touting Perry’s tax plan is being footed by corporate dollars. Corporations can’t donate to political campaigns.

Perry can say this isn’t his re-election campaign. That might satisfy a court should opponents sue, but it’s not worth wasting a judge’s good time. If Perry is really concerned about schools and not about getting his face before the voters (they already know what he looks like) he should advertise the plan, and not himself.

source: http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2006/04/18/04182006waceditorial2.html