Monday, October 4, 2010

Perry says innovator who's also donor deserved tech funds

Part 2 of investigation into Governor Perry's administartion of Emerging Technology Fund. McGonigle and Drew report:

Austin entrepreneur David G. Nance and Gov. Rick Perry say they are big fans of each other. Nance has taken Perry hunting. Perry's son owned stock in Nance's former biotech company. Nance wrote fat checks to Perry's campaigns and pet projects.



Nance also is one of a number of large Perry campaign donors – he has contributed $80,000 since 2000 – whose companies have received millions of dollars from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. The Dallas Morning News reported on Sunday that more than $16 million from the tech fund has gone to firms with officers or investors who were major Perry contributors.

http://dallasne.ws/bIKcNs

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