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While his state faces an $11 billion budget shortfall, Texas Gov. Rick Perry lives in a massive rental home that, to date, has cost $600,000 to rent and maintain. The 6,386-square-foot rental home in the hills, where Perry resides while the Governor’s mansion is under repair, costs $10,000 a month to rent. Other expenses to maintain the governor’s house-on-the-hill rental lifestyle include:
- $18,000 for household supplies and cleaning products
- Over $1,000 in window coverings
- A $700 clothes rack
- Grounds and lawn maintenance $44,000
- Heated pool maintenance $8,400
This spending comes at a time when Perry has asked state agencies to reduce their budgets by 5 percent.
In fairness to Perry, his staff claims he has cut back on luxuries and now has only one housekeeper and one and half (part-time) chef. They also go onto explain blah blah blah blah… If you care to read why yet another politician is overspending on luxuries while his constituents beg for unemployment extensions, click here.
