Texas dares to secede?? and why did Rick Perry cut the fire fighting budget? http://www.texaskaos.net/diary/7014/rick-perry-cut-the-texas-forest-service-budget-by-34-million Rick Perry Cut the Texas Forest Service Budget By $34 Million by: Libby Shaw Tue Sep 06, 2011 at 16:17:27 PM CDT Governor Rick Perry and the super majority of Republican lawmakers voted to cut a whopping $34 million from the Texas Forest Service and rural fire departments. They made this draconian cut knowing that Texas is suffering the ravages of one of the worst droughts in its history.