Perry used to jumping fences

From the WDL:

The Daily Life
From STAFF REPORTS
Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:07 PM CDT
EDITOR’S NOTE: “The Daily Life,” compiled by staff writers Eric Lidji and Jonathan Blundell appears each Tuesday and Thursday sharing observations of everyday life in Waxahachie.
As Congress debates constructing a fence across the U.S. Mexico border, they might need to be mindful of this bit from Gov. Rick Perry’s history.
While campaigning for state Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, nearly 15 years ago, Perry, then agricultural commissioner, landed his personal plane at O’Brien Airpark in Lancaster.
After a long day of campaigning, Pitts and Perry returned to find the airport had closed for the evening, with the airplane left sitting on the runway.
To get to his plane, Perry jumped the fence and had Pitts shine his headlights to light the runway for take-off.
“This just goes to show you how hard this governor works for Texas and the people of Texas,” Pitts said to a Waxahachie crowd gathered Tuesday for the signing of House Bill 2.
Halfway through the story, Pitts, a Waxahachie-based attorney, was interrupted by Perry who jokingly asked whether or not there was a statute of limitations involved.
The question should be whether Perry’s hair - long noticed for its impeccable appearance - remained in perfect form as he jumped the fence and took off into the night sky.
Have a tale from daily life around Waxahachie? E-mail: life@waxahachiedailylight.com