Connor (Rick PERRY) Has Emergency Appendectomy

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He worked late Tuesday night and started feeling sick. Hmm. Wasn't that around the time the rumors got going?

The unrelated 2nd item is one more of those pesky investigations picking up steam among TX Repukes.

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http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/8002285.htm

Secretary of state undergoes emergency appendectomy

Associated Press

AUSTIN - Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor was released from an Austin hospital on Friday following an emergency appendectomy surgery, a spokeswoman said.

Connor, 40, was recovering at home Friday and planned to return to work Monday, spokeswoman Jennifer Waisath said. There were no complications, she said. ....

Connor worked late Tuesday night to monitor vote tabulations in the special elections for Senate districts 1 and 31. He started feeling sick that night and went to Seton Hospital on Wednesday evening, Waisath said.

Connor was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry in August. He was assistant secretary of state for three years before then. ....

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2413467

Perry aide falls under scrutiny
Prosecutors study electoral activities
By CLAY ROBISON and JANET ELLIOTT
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau

AUSTIN -- Mike Toomey, who now is Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff, had periodic meetings during the 2002 election season with leaders of two groups being investigated by prosecutors for possibly spending corporate money illegally on Republican legislative campaigns.

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