Unreal: Governor Rick Perry a No-Show at Bastrop Meeting and Presser

By Gary P Jackson

In times of disaster the people expect to see and hear from their leaders. Though I’ve praised Rick Perry in the past, for his leadership in this disaster, the latest episode is totally unacceptable.

KXAN TV reports Rick Perry failed to show up for a scheduled walk through Bastrop and press conference on Saturday. As you see in the video, the people of Bastrop, who have lost everything, are not happy.

Reports were it took some effort to secure a location for Perry’s scheduled press conference. Lot of work went into preparing for Perry’s visit. It was all for nothing though, as Perry, despite being in Austin, roughly 25 minutes away, never bothered to show up.

At press time no explanation was give for Perry’s no-show.

For the life of me, I can’t think of anything that could have been more important for Perry than to have been in Bastrop on Saturday. Even though there’s not a lot he could have done, the residents would have been comforted seeing their Governor.