Mike Toomey has taken a leave of absence from Texas Lobby Group to serve as the Chief Operations Officer of Governor Greg Abbott’s Strike Force to Open Texas. During this time, Mike will not be a registered lobbyist. Instead, he will be dedicated to getting Texans back to work and our State’s economy roaring once more. Texas […]
Texas Monthly Features “Mike the Knife”
Before Mike Toomey became Rick Perry’s chief of staff, his ruthless slashing of state budgets earned him the moniker “Mike the Knife.” Mike Toomey, Republican, Houston. Mike the Knife. The supreme cutter; a Texas version of David Stockman, who knew where the budget bodies were buried and was intent on exhuming and dissecting every last one. […]
Who Runs Texas?
The Dark Knight: Mike Toomey From Texas Monthly February 2011 WHEN KARL ROVE left Austin for Washington, D.C., with the Bush administration, he vacated the role of Prince of Darkness in Texas politics. Not to worry. Toomey, an Austin lobbyist and a former chief of staff to Perry, quickly stepped into the breach. Whenever secretive deals […]
Mike the Knife
The following is from an old copy of Texas Monthly. Mike the Knife. The supreme cutter; a Texas version of David Stockman, who knew where the budget bodies were buried and was in-tent on exhuming and dissecting every last one. Though a newcomer to budget writing, had all the qualities essential to mastering this most […]
Texas Lobbyist News: Sales Tax in Texas Spiked in September
Texas Lobbyist News: Sales Tax in Texas Spiked in September Texas revenue from taxes leapt upward by more than 10% in September of 2017. This past month brought $2.4 billion dollars into the state coffers. Undoubtedly an increase in spending in the oil and gas industry is behind the jump. However, retail spending was also […]
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