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Flip-flop for Susan Combs?

By W. Gardner Selby
November 28, 2011

Years before the Formula One racetrack agreement became public knowledge in Central Texas, state Comptroller Susan Combs was a strong supporter. Yet on Nov. 15, 2011, she hit the brakes: Texas would not disburse $25 million in advance of the first race, she announced.

We put her statement through PolitiFact’s Flip-O-Meter. Did Combs do a high-speed turn?

Our sense is that while Combs has her reasons for the shift in position, it’s a Full Flop, nevertheless.

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