White Discusses Ethics during Tyler Stop

TYLER — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White talks ethics during a visit to Tyler. White told KTBB, “We ought to have a new standard of ethics in the State House so we don’t have the revolving door in the Governor’s Mansion between lobbyists and members of the governor’s staff. And also as governor, I would discontinue Rick Perry’s practice of appointing people to regulatory boards who then would go and solicit campaign contributions for the governor from the very people they’re supposed to regulate. That’s just wrong.”

Governor Perry’s campaign responds, “Bill White is being a hypocrite, considering he received more than $2 million from his appointees to boards and commissions while he was Mayor of Houston. Bill White should come clean and release his tax returns for his years in public service. What is he hiding? Governor Perry will continue working to create jobs, improve education and secure our border.” White also stopped in Gilmer and Sulphur Springs Wednesday.