More Data: Rick Perry Still a Slouch

[babylonsister]

:hi:, Texans. I miss you all. Go, Bill White!


Pages from idiot son's playbook? He doesn't need to stinkin' work!

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/10664/more-data-rick-perry-still-a-slouch


More Data: Rick Perry Still a Slouch

by: Michael Hurta
Tue Aug 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM CDT


After reviewing his 2010 schedule, observers concluded that the governor only officially worked 7 hours per week in the first part of 2010. Perry, meanwhile, insisted that he worked 24/7. Supporters of his chastised the methods for determining Part-Time Perry's laziness.

Perhaps, after all, it was just a bad sample? He has been campaigning for reelection, and that's a busy job.

But the Bill White campaign looked at his 2009 schedule, too. I guess without campaigning, the governor works a tad bit harder.

Rick Perry's official schedules for 2009, released today, show that he worked an estimated average 11 hour work week in 2009.

In 250 business days, Part-Time Perry had 65 days off, with no official work time, events, meetings or calls. He also took 27 long weekends.

Woohoo. 11 hours a week. That's still lower than a few voters work in a day. It's not at all impressive.
And as a Texan, it's still damn embarrassing.

Now, some still say that schedules are deceiving. And it's true; most public officials probably work a bit more than their schedules indicate. Not 3 or 4 times more, though. Even if he's working twice as much as his schedule indicates, he's still Part-Time Perry. Part-Time Perry is now data-tested, and the results are in. Yuck.

Notice that the Rick Perry campaign hasn't taken a public records request from the Mayor of Houston's office and paraded around Bill White's schedule. Workaholic Bill.

[Melissa G]

1. Part-Time Perry living up to his name...

The facts are in, Not only is he part time, but he lives high on the hog while he loafs. Let's kick him off the public payroll!:kick:

[sonias]

2. Hey sister!

Nice to see you. :hi:

[babylonsister]

3. Hi, sonias!

:hug:

[sonias]

4. Perry's Spare Schedule Feeds Transparency Concerns

Texas Tribune 8/23/10
Perry's Spare Schedule Feeds Transparency Concerns

The governor who considers himself one of the state’s hardest workers has few official records to back up that claim — especially compared to the detailed schedules kept by his fellow big-state governors, which were obtained by The Texas Tribune through open records requests.

Gov. Rick Perry's Democratic opponent, former Houston mayor Bill White, criticized the Republican incumbent in June for "working part time" after his schedule for the first six months of 2010 showed an average of seven hours of state work per week and 38 weekdays with “no state scheduled events.” Perry responded that he simply doesn’t write down much of his work for the state.

By contrast, the Tribune found that Perry's counterparts in California, New York and Florida do write down what they do. New York Gov. David Paterson’s schedule goes so far as to include drive times between events. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lists "cigar time" on his schedule. And they make their schedules readily available to the public. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist puts his schedule online every day.

In at least one instance, a comparison of the calendars reveals an apparent inconsistency between the record-keeping of the gubernatorial peers. Crist’s schedule shows five conference calls during the month of May with Perry and other Gulf Coast governors related to the BP oil spill. Perry’s schedule makes no mention of the calls. On one of the days on which Crist’s log shows a phone call with Perry, Perry’s schedule reads “no state scheduled events.”

Governor Rick Perry is opaque - not at all transparent. He hides everything he does that might be suspicious and claims he's the one with nothing to hide! :grr:

opaque
–adjective
1. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
2. not transmitting radiation, sound, heat, etc.
3. not shining or bright; dark; dull.
4. hard to understand; not clear or lucid; obscure: The problem remains opaque despite explanations.
5. dull, stupid, or unintelligent.

I think #3 and #5 fit him perfectly!