The Brief: Top Texas News for Feb. 14, 2013

by David Muto
February 14, 2013
9 Comments

The Big Conversation

The drawn-out sparring match between the governors of Texas and California has come to an end — for now.

Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday concluded his latest swing through California, a business tour that began days after the governor launched a radio ad campaign in California intended to lure businesses to Texas.

Perry had made such recruiting trips to the state before, but none had stirred as much political sniping between Perry and California Gov. Jerry Brown, whose characterization of Perry's ad buy as "barely a fart" — and the ensuing newspaper editorials and dueling ad campaign — pushed ...

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Comments (9)

February 14 @ 7:08 a.m.

Jaime R. Carrero via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Can't lure with bs.
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February 14 @ 7:14 a.m.

Joshua W. Scott via Texas Tribune on Facebook

You can with tax breaks at the expense of existing Texas businesses.
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February 14 @ 7:36 a.m.

Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook

So this is job stealing creation.
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February 14 @ 8:32 a.m.

Gregory S Windham via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Please come Texas. The only place to be. We place business and cronyism over children's health and could give a rats ass about education. Put the kids to work and keep our homo lust in the closet. Get on down the road.
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February 14 @ 8:52 a.m.

Steven Felfe via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I say let California biz stay where they are and keep Texas biz right here.
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February 14 @ 9:18 a.m.

Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook

What sane businessman would leave the beautiful beaches & mountains of California to come to drought-riddled Texas where polluters rule the state?
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February 14 @ 9:53 a.m.

Sharon Cooper Morgan via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Just to put this in perspective......a company from Spain is building public/private partnership toll roads in Texas as we speak.
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February 14 @ 11:14 a.m.

Matthew Cowan via Texas Tribune on Facebook

What the Governor and Texas has been doing in creating a great economic climate is working...

"“We have had a spike of double or triple the amount of normal (business relocation) activity since the November election in California,” said Dave Porter, senior vice president for economic development at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce."
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February 14 @ 2:23 p.m.

John Johnson

It's all about Perry feeling a need to draw national attention and repair the self inflicted damage from the Prez campaign. He is doing the state of Texas no favors. The most beautiful woman in the room should not have to tell others how beautiful she is
Furthermore, all he has done is insult Californians who love their state and has turned them into enemies. Is that what we want? Put yourselves in their shoes. How would you feel? Think their reps in D.C. will be voting to our benefit on anything done the road? Perry is an egotistical loon and does nothing if there is not something in it for him.