TX Progressives look at municipal elections and more

Change came to locales across the state with municipal and school board elections, as well as a number of bond elections, last Saturday. The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes things went your way where you live while offering you this week’s roundup from members and other contributors and news sites.

That includes one unindicted soon-to-be-ex mayor leaving a Dallas suburb and also proving that John Creuzot's prosecutorial reform is in some cases misguided, overboard, or just not all it's cracked up to be.

Off the Kuff goes down the redistricting rabbit hole one more time.

Stephen Young analyzes the Dallas mayoral and city council races, and pending runoffs.

SocraticGadfly asks, in the wake of his recent arrest, is Julian Assange a journalist?

Michael Li reports from the Texas Voting Rights Act bail-in hearing.

Christopher Hooks summarizes the fight over paid sick leave in the Lege.

The Trib notes the sales tax for property tax swap appears dead.

Grits for Breakfast calls for indigent defense to be separate from the judiciary.

John Coby recaps Tony Buzbee's political history.

Christof Spieler analyzes the forthcoming Metro referendum.

The Bloggess gets better Amazon recommendations than you do.

Vince Liebowitz in his paper talks about how the LCRA is intervening in a Colorado County water pollution case.

In a twofer here, Stephen Young sniffs at former Sen. Konni Burton's "news" outlet.

I used to think state legiscritter Chris Paddie was a relatively sane conservative. His bill to charge activist environmental protestors with disrupting projects under construction — under construction, not built — is ridiculous. It’s Gohmert Pyle East Texas nutbar ridiculous.

Could the Driver Responsibility Program finally be dead? 

Jim Schutze offers his update on the Botham Jean shooting with the release of the Amber Guyger 911 call recording.