The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to vote in May 5
municipal elections if you have them, then runoffs in late May, as it brings
you this week's roundup.
Speaking of … the Jolt Texas event, by Latin@ youth,
endorsed Whiter than White Andrew over the Latina Loopy Lupe Valdez, saying she
“ came across as ill-prepared or ill-informed .” Senate
candidate Beto-Bob O’Rourke also faced scrutiny at the event.
Neil at All People Have Value posted
a picture of the violence initiated by Board President Rhonda Skillren-Jones
against lawful and peaceful citizens advocating for Houston school children at
a Houston School Board meeting.
Stace
at Dos Centavos also addressed Skillren-Jones’ actions, calling them same-old,
same-old.
The
Contributor notes that more than 100 mayors nationally are on the
record supporting
Net Neutrality. Austin’s Steve Adler is on the list as is San
Antonio’s Ron Nirenberg. Even Brenda Gutner from San Angelo and Shelly Brophy
from smaller yet Nacogdoches. But Houston’s Sylvester Turner, Dallas, Mike
Rawlings and Fort Worth’s Betsy Price are AWOL.
SocraticGadfly
offers up a profile of gadfly
lawyer Ty Clevenger.
The
Texas Observer reports the city of Dallas says it will cost too much
to remove its Confederate War memorial and may instead add a lynching memorial.
G.
Elliott Morris interprets the latest Congressional special election
results.
The
Dallas Observer catches “former fetus” Jonathan Stickland once again
being a current idiot.
Raj
Mankad cries out for pedestrian fatalities to be treated with the
same sense of urgency as flooding.
Sanford
Nowlin has some fun with Brad Parscale's rants about San Antonio
bidding for the 2020 GOP convention.
Julie
Hendricks ponders the architecture of a more resilient Houston.
Better
Texas Blog brings good news and bad news on family planning.
Texas
Living Waters Project wonders if reservoirs are an outdated approach
to meeting the state's water needs.
Grits
for Breakfast says the Texas Lege could learn from its revenge porn
statute being declared unconstitutional – but probably won’t.
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