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David Courtney for Texas Senate

Texas Green Party

David Courtney and his wife Chandra

 

There is an unhealthy nexus of government and business.  It should stop now.

I will not accept donations from either PACs or Corporations.

 

Private prison companies and their PACs have given over $130,000 to candidates for public office since 2006.  From 1980 to 2004 there was a 566 percent increase in Texas prison population,Texas becomes one of the leading states in terms of both rate of incarceration as well as absolute numbers.
   
Rick perry accepts tens of thousands of dollars in political donations from TXU. Later TXU changes name to Energy Future Holdings and Donates $633,575  Rick Perry "Fast tracks" 11 new coal operated plants. Texas now leads the nation in CO2 emission.

 

Links
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/php/cesearchAdvanced.html
http://texastough.com/resources/facts/
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/rick-perry-txu-environment-coal-president
http://government.cce.cornell.edu/doc/html/prisonsprivatization.htm
http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/campaign-finance/filer/10542/