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. […]

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 […]

The Texas Tribune Jan. 31, 2012 “The federal Make Us Great Again political action committee, co-founded by Texas lobbyist and Perry confidante Mike Toomey, raised $1 million alone from Contran Corporation, the holding company controlled by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, new disclosures show.