Political People and their Moves

Gov. Rick Perry was scheduled to have a 90-minute surgery on his collarbone Friday morning; it didn't heal properly after a bicycling accident in 2009.

Mark Vickery is retiring as executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in May after 25 years in government. He has headed the agency since 2008.

Perry reappointed Douglas Wilson of Pflugerville as inspector general of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Perry appointed John "Mark" McWatters of Dallas to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. McWatters is director of graduate programs and an adjunct professor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, and an adjunct professor in the Cox School of Business.

Press corps moves: Dave Montgomery, a terrific reporter who's covered Austin, Washington, the USSR and who knows what else for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, is taking a buyout as that paper shrinks its newsroom.