Political Updates
Chapter Five: The Politics of Interest Groups

Campaign Financing by Political Action Committees, pg. 202

Governor Rick Perry issued a "strict" revolving-door lobby policy for his staff, while naming new senior staff members (some of whome were registered as lobbyists during the preceding legislative session). In Lobby Watch, Texans for Public Justice concluded that special interests have entered the governor's office through a revolving "back door." Sam Kinch (a retired political reporter and founder of the political newsletter Texas Weekly) and Anne Marie Kilday (a former Capitol correspondent for Texas newspapers) conclude in their book, Too Much Money Is Not Enough: Big Money and Political Power in Texas, that not much has changed since creation of the Ethics Commission. They content that the commission is still set up to support incumbents.