Let's Not Talk About It!!!

I have just read an article from the Houston Chronicle website http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7201302.html about how Governor Rick Perry will not have a public debate with democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White, unless White submits three years of his tax returns from the 1990s. White states that in 1995, he cannot submit that year's tax return, because he did not have any taxable income for that year. I think the article is worth reading because, voting in a state the size of Texas, one would think that Texas should have a gubernatorial debate. How can other states like Kansas, which is way smaller in population, have a public debate, but the state of Texas do not have one. Another reason is, what is Rick Perry running away from? It is easy to say that Bill White is running away from his tax records, but one would think that if Perry is in a debate with an opponent for the Governor of Texas, it would be to his advantage for him to have his opponents suspect tax records at his disposal. If I was Governor Perry, I would rather for him to defend his tax records publicly in a debate, instead of them never seeing the light of day. It just seems fishy to me that Perry would not take advantage of this opportunity.