Audit Examines Links Between Campaign Contributions, Tax Cases

[Judi Lynn]

Audit Examines Links Between Campaign Contributions, Tax Cases

09/08/2005

By KELLEY SHANNON / Associated Press


Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's office settled 3,656 tax cases totaling $461 million within a year of receiving related campaign contributions, according to a state audit released Thursday.

Auditors did not allege wrongdoing, a conclusion Strayhorn emphasized as her aides distributed advance copies of the report. Strayhorn, as she has before, claimed the audit was orchestrated by Gov. Rick Perry, her Republican primary opponent.

"It was a political witch hunt from the beginning, costing taxpayers unknown thousands of dollars, and it found nothing," Strayhorn said in a prepared statement.

But Perry's camp disputed that, saying the audit clearly showed Strayhorn traded tax decisions for campaign money.
"The audit concluded that there was a cancer growing on the comptroller's office," said Robert Black, spokesman for Perry. "There's a clear pattern here."

He denied that Perry's office had any influence on the report.
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[texpatriot2004]

1. I love that picture with the sign that says, "Tom Delay's Bitch

lives here."



:yourock:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thanx, texpatriot2004. I love getting a chance to post it!

That guy's got guts. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: