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Texas gov's son hired by consulting firm
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Feb 13, 2007 09:26pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 03:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | One of two large financial firms consulting with the governor's office on the possible sale of the Texas lottery has hired the son of Gov. Rick Perry to work in its Dallas office.
The governor's office said there is no relationship between the consulting work done by UBS and the company's hiring of Griffin Perry, 23, an economist.
"He stands on his own two feet. And he got this job on his own," Perry spokesman Robert Black told The Dallas Morning News for its Tuesday editions.
Last week, Perry laid out his idea for selling the Texas lottery to private interests, saying it could raise $14 billion for education, health insurance and cancer research.
UBS hired Griffin Perry about two weeks ago for a program in which about a dozen entry-level employees rotate through various parts of the company, said UBS spokeswoman Karina Byrne.
"He would have been subjected to the same criteria that would have applied to any other young person applying for the associate program," Byrne said. She said his father's position would not have weighed into the calculation.
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