So what do you do when you're an anti-spending, pro-secession
conservative governor whose publicly-owned mansion needs $21 million in
repairs to recover from fire damage?

Apparently, you do something like this:


AUSTIN, Texas – While Gov. Rick Perry is criticizing Washington
bailouts, state lawmakers are planning to use $11 million in federal
stimulus money to help rebuild the badly burned Texas Governor's Mansion.

Approximately $10 million in state tax money will also be spent on
a renovation, which is expected to cost about $20 million, officials
said Thursday.

This, of course, is the same Rick Perry who, along with a handful of
other Republican extremists, rejected stimulus money for jobless Texans,
and recently said that Texas would consider seceding if the federal
government didn't dramatically cut spending.

Perry's office says he's working with the Republican lawmakers who are
securing the federal funds, but don't be surprised if Perry changes his
tune on the renovations once word starts to get out about the $11
million federal price tag.

Don't cry for him while this all gets worked out, however -- he's
currently living in a publicly-funded $10,000 per month rental.

The governor has been living in a three-story, limestone home with
a heated pool, an outdoor cabana and a guest house.

The state is paying some $9,900-a-month in rent while the
Governor's Mansion undergoes renovations, records show.


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