{"id":4140,"date":"2013-12-04T15:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T15:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2013-12-04T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T15:49:56","slug":"shocking-sen-wendy-daviss-income-jumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=4140","title":{"rendered":"Shocking! Sen. Wendy Davis’s income jumps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So now it is revealed that state Sen. Wendy Davis’s law practice is proving to be lucrative for the legislator.<\/p>\n

That’s a surprise? <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2013\/12\/04\/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise\/<\/p>\n

Davis, who’s running for Texas governor and figures to be a shoo-in for the Democratic Party’s nomination, released her past three years’ tax returns. They reveal that her private law practice income has doubled. It’s a good thing for her, too, given that she earns $7,200 a year as a state senator, plus the per diem expense stipend she gets when the Legislature is in session.<\/p>\n

It’s long been something of an open secret that many lawmakers parlay their public service exposure into money-making strategies for their day jobs. Davis’s law practice wasn’t doing badly for her in 2010, the first year of the returns she released. Her income went from $130,000 annually that year to $284,000 in 2012. Not bad, right?<\/p>\n

Well, that’s the way it goes for public figures. Every aspect of their so-called “private life” becomes subject to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Greg Abbott, who’s running for the Republican nomination for governor, had released his tax returns earlier.<\/p>\n

Davis’s income story, of course, doesn’t quite end with the amount of money she earned. The law firm she founded has had dealings with some high-dollar public-sector clients, which is where some folks have suggested has produced potential conflicts of interest. She’ll need to reveal those relationships — in detail.<\/p>\n

That, too, is the price of being in the public eye.<\/p>\n\n

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