Fleming Sounds Off at Gathering on Immigration Concerns

AUSTIN — Tea Party groups in Texas are uniting against Governor Perry and Attorney General Abbott for not taking more action on the Texas-Mexico border, and a Smith County woman is among those sounding off. Members from about a dozen different Tea Party groups gathered at the state capitol to let their message be heard. Ray Meyers of the Kaufman County Tea Party says, “We want the governor to call a special session, we want him to secure the border with force, we want to enforce the rule of law, and we want the state legislature to close the candy store.” Jo Ann Fleming is the two-term chair of the legislature’s Tea Party Caucus advisory committee and a longtime Smith County conservative activist. Fleming says, “Governor Perry needs to stop asking Washington to come save us. Washington is not on its way to save us.”