March 1, 2002
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$447,800 to the Governor!
New Appointees Contributed
To Perry’s Economic Growth

Appointees' Huge Donations 
Created A Job—For Rick Perry
Task Force
Appointee
Company Individual Perry
Contributions
James "Jim" Adams TX Instruments (retired)
$3,000 
Elaine Agather JP Morgan Chase
$0 
Ernesto Ancira, Jr Ancira Auto Dealership
$4,000 
Mark Bivins Corsino Cattle Co.
$3,500 
Anthony Chase ChaseCom telecom./broadcasting
$2,000 
Bob Davis USAA insurance
$0 
Larry Durrett Southern Multifoods, Inc. fast food
$18,078 
P.J. Ellison Ellison's Greenhouses, Inc.
$2,000 
Noe Fernandez TX Building & Procurement Commission
$1,955 
Mike Field Clifford Field Krier Manning… law firm
$0 
Malcolm Gillis Rice University
$0 
Dain Hancock Lockheed Martin
$500 
Alfred Jackson Davis Hamilton Jackson & Assoc. securities
$75,000 
David Lund TX A&M University
$0 
Erle Nye TXU electric utility
$70,500 
Terrence O'Mahoney Delta Airlines pilot (former)
$0 
Ross Perot, Jr. Perot [computer] Systems Corp.
$98,500 
Ray Perryman Perryman Group economic research 
$15,000 
Gus Rodriguez Basel Glass
$0 
Wanda Rohm Presto Business Cards
$100 
Hector de J. Ruiz AMD semiconductors
$0 
Marvin Selig  Commercial Metals Co.
$500 
Jane Anne Stinnett JGG, Inc. cotton merchant
$750 
Cheryl Thompson Warren Electric Group electricity wholesaler
$3,600 
Mort Topfer Castletop [venture] Capital
$83,817 
Russell Turner United Space Alliance [NASA contractor]
$0 
Massey Villarreal Precision Task Group computer systems
$0 
Michael Waters Hendrick Health System hospital
$1,000 
William Wise El Paso Corp. natural gas
$64,000 
 
 Total
$447,800 

Most of Governor Rick Perry’s new appointees to a task force to create economic growth and jobs have ex-perience creating one job in particular — Perry’s.

Since 1997, Perry has taken a remarkable $447,800 in individual donations from his task force appointees.

Two-thirds of Perry’s 29 task force members have given to Perry’s recent political campaigns, led by $98,500 from task force chair Ross Perot, Jr.

Another top-donor is Alfred Jackson ($75,000). Jackson’s securities firm had a role in a recent pay-to-play scandal involving investment of state funds controlled by the State Board of Education.

The research firm of big donor Ray Perryman ($15,000) also created another important job. Perryman is the immediate past employer of Texas’ First Lady. •
 
 


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