Ken Vogel and Lucy McCalmont dig through the long list of gifts Rick Perry has received from friends and supporters, including 22 pairs of cowboy boots:
Perry’s gift givers are also among his most generous campaign backers, putting at least $6.4 million in contributions from themselves and their families into his three gubernatorial bids, according to a POLITICO analysis of data compiled by the watchdog group Texans for Public Justice. And at least 10 gift givers have gotten state appointments during the Perry administration.
Take insurance company owner Phil Adams of Bryan, Texas, whom Perry appointed to the board of regents of Texas A&M University in 2001 and reappointed in 2009.
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