One of Perry’s aides, Alphonso Royal, knew full details of TYC problems before the November elections.
Interviews and documents confirm that one of Perry's aides, Alfonso Royal, was forwarded graphic investigative reports about sexual abuse at the West Texas State School from Texas Ranger Sgt. Brian Burzynski on Oct. 30 or 31, 2006. The documents also indicate that Royal knew in October, just days before Perry was re-elected, about a West Texas district attorney's lack of action in the case.
For months, Perry, personally and through other staff, has denied having any detailed knowledge of the scandal before it broke recently.
Of course, Royal wasn’t supposed to have a copy of the report on the stalled investigation of the problems in the first place.
From here, the $64 question right now would be: Was Royal on a private fishing expedition, or what this official or quasi-official damage control? He did, after all, call Randy Reynolds, the Ward County district attorney currently on the hot seat for the lackadaisical investigation of alleged problems at the West Texas State School in Pyote.
Update, March 24: Now Perry wants the Austin American-Statesman to retract the story linked above. Just a touch of hubris, eh, Gov. Helmethair?
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