[Craig McDonald of Dallas, who also bought a Vespa from University Scooters in August, said it lets him escape the cost of fueling his LandRover SUV that gets just 15 miles per gallon.] I drive it to and from work and then any errands that we have to run, ... It's so nice not to have to fire up the SUV that just drinks the gasoline.

What distinguishes Gov. Perry from Strayhorn is that he delivers for his big campaign donors on an unlimited range of issues, not just their tax bills.

Rather than just paying for overhead, which is all that is allowable under Texas law, overhead, 'Your support will fund a series of productive and innovative activities,' ... And they go on to list four activities, all of which are really defined as political activities under Texas laws.

Candidate evaluation recruitment. Message development and communication, ... These activities cannot be paid for with corporate dollars under Texas law.

No, the law is very clear in Texas on how you can use corporate funds: paying your rent, paying your telephone bills, paying your accountant, ... Very, very specific limited administrative expenses.

We had to date never seen such cheating, such an influx of corporate money into our state elections process.

All of a sudden it is a big problem and now petrol prices are going up it's a bigger problem.

We're hoping that soon every car that leaves the lot will have security screws on their plates.