Some might call it bribery: Perry aides offered Lehmberg a job for resignation
AUSTIN — Aides to Gov. Rick Perry offered Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg continued employment in the district attorney's office if she resigned her elected post following a drunk-driving arrest, officials familiar with the offer said Thursday.
The offer came after Perry threatened and then vetoed $7.5 million in funding for the office's anti-corruption unit, known as the Public Integrity Unit, because Lehmberg had refused to step down.
But several officials and sources told the Express-News that Perry — through intermediaries — offered various options to Lehmberg to entice her resignation, culminating in promises to restore funding to the unit, another position in the District Attorney's office, and selection of her top lieutenant to serve as the new district attorney.
The offer was explicit; “they were clear,” the elected official said.
Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daughtery, a Republican, said he reached out to Perry's office following the veto to see if there was some way to restore state funding for the anti-corruption Public Integrity Unit. He said that negotiations eventually included allowing Democrats, who dominate Travis County politics, to essentially pick Lehmberg's replacement.
More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Perry-aides-offered-Lehmberg-a-job-for-resignation-5427558.php .
[font color=green]I just heard the sound of s**t hitting the fan.[/font] 
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