Perry facing difficult crime bill decisions

MySA.com: Metro | State: "Call it the Texas governor's biennial dilemma: to sign bills, veto them or sit back, do nothing and blame lawmakers for whatever misfortunes later befall the state.

As a veto deadline approaches, Gov. Rick Perry's dilemma extends to criminals and how to deal with them. Among the scores of bills passed by a solidly Republican Legislature are three that have been construed by some as soft on crime, which in Texas politics is akin to being radioactive."