Spotlight on major swiftboat lies donor, Bob J. Perry.

[Fridays Child]

He's the owner of Perry Homes in Texas and, evidently, he's a busy little fascist cashbox, in his spare time: http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=perry%2C+bob&txtState=TX&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

I wonder what kind of an upstanding citizen and person he is. Somebody might want to research that question. It could be interesting.

[Racenut20]

1. Does he live in "Sugarville" or whatever Delay's district is called?

[mermaid]

7. Actually, That District Is Called Sugar Land

and this Perry guy lives in Houston, which is not far away.

[ClintonTyree]

2. I think it's.................

incumbent upon all Democrats in Texas to make sure this asshole never gets a penny of their money.

[Killarney]

3. Well looky here.

His big hard-on seems to be for tort reform. He gave a ton of cash to DeLay and some Texas tort reform group. I wonder why he's so concerned about lawsuits?

from the Homeowners for Better Building website:
http://www.hobb.org/perry/index.shtml
Be Aware of Perry Homes

seems lots of people suing and warning others that these homes SUCK BALLS.


Also:
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/002442.html
Less than one month after receiving $100,000 from Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, Gov. Rick Perry (no relation to Bob - ed) named a top executive from Perry Homes to a commission implementing a new law designed to reduce lawsuits against builders.

His donations:
http://www.mojones.com/news/special_reports/mojo_400/207_perry.html
$85,000 to Texans for Lawsuit Reform

More on how Perry Homes are infected with mold and now Bob Perry's whole life is preventing lawsuits:
http://www.kpft.org/news/092702story4.html

[Killarney]

5. One more...

This guy obviously wants Bush to win because he wants tort reform. What's $100,000 to the swiftvets if it saves him millions in lawsuits?

http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=1664
As of 2003, Perry Homes had been sued more than 60 times in the past 15 years, according to a search of court records. Now imagine if, instead of homeowners being allowed to sue builders like Perry for defective housing, they were forced into arbitration. Consumer advocates believe arbitration can sometimes be easier to tilt in the homebuilder’s favor than a trial ever would be. Binding arbitration has been a consistent issue in the state Supreme Court of late. The question of third party liability—whether the homebuilder is responsible to pay damages for the harmful actions of its subcontractors—is another issue often before the court. Then there is the matter of lawsuit award limits.

[ClintonTyree]

6. In other words.............

the typical Bush supporter! Scum, pure unadulterated scum.

[sundancekid]

4. public integrity site shows Perry $$$ to Repugs is over ONE MILLION

in the last elections cycle of 2002 ...

http://www.publicintegrity.org/partylines/search_results.aspx?act=con&sub=1&linkid=6776

also, their reputation as builders ain't too hot, including abusive law suits and influence peddling in response to consumer complaints:

http://www.hobb.org/perry/index.shtml

[jburton]

8. Mega-developer, NOT a "homebuilder"

Huge developer all over the state, not just Houston.

Instead of building better houses, he spent huge $$$ to prevent lawsuits against builders. Typical mega-developer.