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| Governor Rick Perry |
Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry, in light of the estimated $20 billion budget shortfall the state is expected to face in 2011, has scaled back his Jan. 18 inauguration festivities compared with years' past.
Mr. Perry, who was elected to a third full term in November, has scrapped the traditional inaugural parade. And the governor's swearing-in and barbecue on the Capitol Lawn will be cheaper than his 2007 inauguration, which cost at least $2 million, and will be funded entirely by private donations, said Sarah Beck, a spokeswoman for the inaugural committee.
I met Governor Rick Perry last September at a Red State conference in Austin, Texas, if every state had a governor that emulated Governor Perry's policies the nation would not have to borrow money from China to pay the nations debts.
