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AUSTIN Democrats are using Fridays announcement that Travis County prosecutors are pursuing felony charges in their now-concluded CPRIT investigation to blast Republican gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott, who sat on the board of the troubled state cancer agency.
Its not the first time that Abbotts role in failing to maintain a critical eye on the state cancer agency has surfaced. But Fridays news provided fresh attack fodder for his opponents in the middle of a heated gubernatorial race.
In a statement, Sen. Wendy Davis, the Forth Worth Democrat running for governor, chided Abbott, the state attorney general, for a lack of oversight while an $11 million grant was awarded without proper agency review that led to criminal charges.
The indictment of a former CPRIT official confirms that Greg Abbott has betrayed Texas taxpayers by failing to show up to even one CPRIT oversight board meeting, Davis said. Greg Abbott has yet to fully explain why he failed in his basic oversight responsibilities to Texas taxpayers.
More at http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2013/12/dems-use-cprit-indictment-against-abbott/?cmpid=hptopstories .
Related thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/107813773 (Cancer agencys officer Jerry Cobbs indicted).
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JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)consider his record.
efhmc
(14,725 posts)Any chance of your putting it there?