Gov. Rick Perry issued a line-item veto striking $7.57 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit in the Travis County District Attorney's Office.
"I cannot in good conscience support continued State funding for an office with statewide jurisdiction at a time when the person charged with ultimate responsibility of that unit has lost the public's confidence. This unit is in no other way held accountable to state taxpayers, except through the State budgetary process," says a statement on Perry’s website.
