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Best Scandal

TIE: Gov. Rick Perry's Rent; Plane Crash Into IRS Building

Best Scandal
Jana Birchum

When Joseph Stack flew a plane into a crowded office block on February 18, 2010, killing Vernon Hunter and leaving behind a deranged anti-government manifesto, most people would have expected some statewide soul-searching. But not Gov. Rick Perry. Guess when you abandon the Governor’s Mansion for a $10,000-a-month villa in the hills, that stuff don’t matter much.