Where does $100,000 get you with Rick “Pilgrims Pride” Perry?
July 2, 2008 | Filed Under Bo Pilgrim, Pilgrims Pride, Rick Perry, Uncategorized |
I promised you news…now I am here to give it to you.
Let’s establish the facts:
Rick “Pilgrims Pride” Perry chairs the Republican Governors Association.
Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim hates ethanol and biofuels.
Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim is one of Perry’s biggest backers. (you will remember we asked the following questions in a June 27 posting:
“Makes a person wonder…
How often does Pilgrims Pride Perry and Bo Pilgrim talk?
Have they ever talked about the RFS waiver?
Did Bo Pilgrim ask Pilgrims Pride Perry to advocate for the end of renewable fuels?
Sure would be interesting to see Pilgrims Pride Perry’s schedule, emails or phone records.
Might be interesting what they show…”
Well — here is what we do know:
The Rick Perry Timeline for attack on biofuels…
Brought to you by Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim and Pilgrims Pride:
• March 25 : Poultry producer Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim meets with Gov. Rick Perry to ask him to seek a waiver from federal mandates for the production of corn-based ethanol.
• March 31: Pilgrim donates $100,000 to the Republican Governors Association chaired by Perry.
• April 17: Pilgrim speaks to nine Republican governors in closed-door conference on energy in Grapevine.
• April 24: Pilgrim’s Pride lobbyists and public relations firm Public Strategies meet with Perry’s staff on final details of waiver request.
• April 25 : Perry formally requests waiver from Environmental Protection Agency.
• June 24: Perry attends Washington, D.C., news conference promoting waiver. Event was organized by Public Strategies.
Source: Texas Governor’s Office, Republican Governors Association
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THIS SHOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS!!!!!!
I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!
WAY TO BREAK NEWS!
http://www.moveon.org
this needs to get on tpm and kos