The final bill to remodel the Texas Governor’s Mansion, called The Gov Shack, is in.  It’s a mere $25 million.  It was originally supposed to cost $10 million but, you know, it’s for Rick.

The improved Governor’s Mansion will include inch-thick longleaf pine floors, an added wing and a geothermal heating and cooling system that required digging 40 350-foot (107 meter) wells, according to Bloomberg. The cost of the mansion renovations would have paid for 11 million school lunches.

Now, when Jacqueline Kennedy remodeled the White House, she got private donations to do it.  You’d think with all Rick’s rich friends ….. oh yeah, they hold on to a nickle until Thomas Jefferson screams “Uncle!”  They are all so tight that when the smile, their toes curl.

Thanks to Stephen for the heads-up.