The California governor, left, brushed off the ad intrusion by the Texas governor. | AP Photos Brown on Perry's ad: 'Barely a fart'

Gov. Jerry Brown publicly scoffed at Gov. Rick Perry’s attempt to draw Californians to Texas for better business, saying that the ad campaign is “barely a fart.”

“It’s not a serious story, guys,” the Californian Democrat told reporters at a business event, the Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday. “It’s not a burp. It’s barely a fart.”


The classy jab comes a day after the Texan Republican governor released a 30-second radio ad in major Californian cities inviting them to “come check out Texas” for better business and is just one more punch thrown in the ongoing back-and-forth between the two very different governors about whose state presents a better business model.

Brown told reporters that if Perry wanted to be taken seriously, he would have to spend at least $25 million on radio and television ads. The ad paid for by TexasOne was a mere $24,000, which, Brown mockingly called “the smallest entry into the media market of California.”

According to the Bee, Brown brushed off Perry’s ad at an appearance at a UPS distribution center, where the company was celebrating the dispatch of a fleet of all-electric vehicles. The Californian is a staunch supporter of the state’s efforts to promote green energy industries and efforts.