State Senator Kip Averitt: The Exit Interview
Kip Averitt left the Texas Legislature earlier this year — burned out and sharply warned by his doctors to watch his health — after five sessions in the state House and four more in the Senate.
After a flurry of elections and strange political bounces, the McGregor Republican (he's now moved to Austin) is concentrating full time on his improving health, his tax consulting and his plans to "do a little lobbying" as the next Legislature prepares for a hard session in 2011.
Averitt started his time in the Capitol as chief of staff to then-Sen. David Sibley, R-Waco. When a ...
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Mike Kelly
Averitt is too ill to serve in the Texas Senate but not too ill to sign up to lobby his recent colleagues for private clients. What is this, an interview or a commercial for Averitt's new business venture?