Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis trails her opponent Greg Abbott by double digits, so she needed to shake things up during Tuesday night’s debate.
Davis decided to go after Abbott for a 2004 ruling that allowed the Texas government to keep confidential records pertaining to recipients of the Texas Enterprise Fund, a program to lure businesses to the Lone Star State. Five applications for businesses that received funds from the program – totaling $67 million – were never formally submitted, meaning the companies received money without applying.
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