The industrial water consumers and urban sprawl interests that led Texas' 2011 push to finance water infrastructure projects gave $8.3 million to state candidates led by Governor Rick Perry. With the current push for the state to finance up to $2 billion in water-project loans, it's time for lawmakers to devise tough safeguards to prevent this water bank from becoming Texas' next big political slush fund.
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