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2010: 100k Jobs or I'll Quit!

Farouk Shami's latest promise.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami, who in Monday's debate offered to pay $10,000,000 to the state if he didn't deliver on his promise of 100,000 new jobs in his first two years as Texas governor, is upping the ante: In an ad that appeared on the web site of the El Paso Times (and who knows how many other places) this morning, Shami is promising to resign if the new jobs don't materialize.

Um, what if we'd rather have the money?

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