Rick Perry got $ from his crony buddies

The cycle of crony money - taxpayer dollars to crony - crony dollars to republican.

Eight of nine voting members on the Board of Regents donated to Perry’s gubernatorial campaign fund — Texans for Rick Perry. Perry appoints all of the public university regents, who are influential administrators within a university system.

The regents meet quarterly to make budget decisions and set tuition and fees for each of the universities in the system. They set the salary of administrators, determine degree programs and approve Campus Master Plans.

Texas State University System regents are not paid a salary, but the title results in including travel reimbursements and may include reserved seating at athletic events at certain universities.