A local developer, one not part of a national group, called earlier today to complain about a story I had in last week’s paper.
The story was about the first nine months of city police officers here in Lancaster, Texas, doing state truck inspections, after having been appropriately trained, and the city being certified by the state as being eligible to do such work.
The lady said that this was only one side of the story, that the lower weight limits mandated on side streets, and being enforced now, were why the city didn’t have more restaurants, retail stores, etc. And so on she went in a largely conspiratorial vein, including asking about my political affiliation, etc.
Finally, this Pat Buchanon-type paleoconservative who, I presume, like any good Texas Republican, stereotypes trial lawyers (i.e. civil trial lawyers and lawsuits against businesses) as the devil and Antichrist, threatened to sue me if I had anything derogatory about her in this week’s paper.
Tag this one under “hypocrisy.”
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