tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post4795751341529915924..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Cuomo's Legal Troubles - It's What We Don't Know That Matters Mostreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-1386786911743634352014-08-15T20:05:52.507-04:002014-08-15T20:05:52.507-04:00OK, Gov. Perry's situation in Texas is not ent...OK, Gov. Perry's situation in Texas is not entirely identical to Gov. Cuomo's situation in New York, but it is close enough.<br />From the Times story:<br />"AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas was indicted on two felony counts on Friday by a state grand jury examining his handling of a local district attorney’s drunken driving arrest and the state financing for a public corruption unit under the lawyer’s control.<br /><br />"The indictment was returned late Friday in Austin.<br /><br />"The investigation centered on Mr. Perry’s veto power as governor. His critics asserted that he used that power as leverage to try to get an elected official and influential Democrat — Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County — to step down after her arrest for drunken driving last year. Ms. Lehmberg is Austin’s top prosecutor and oversees a powerful public corruption unit that investigates state, local and federal officials; its work led to the 2005 indictment of a former Republican congressman, Tom DeLay on charges of violating campaign finance laws."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com