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Friday morning "breaking news" ~ Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has NOT heard from TX Gov. Gregg Abbott on how he/state can help to address cities' challenges. Pretty much says it all. Born a Jersey girl and though I love my adopted state, remember the same clusterf**k happening during an ice storm about 10 years ago. Nothing has changed except the rich keep getting richer. Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, John Cornyn (who at least has the good sense to shut up), Dan Patrick, and Abbott can all go to hell, but I'll stay in TX pining for a Beto/Wendy Davis governorship.

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Maureen A. Donnelly's avatar

thanks Greg. i have a lifetime of feelings about Texas and many of my buddies call the state home. my maternal line hails from the Lone Star state. poor white dirt farmers that talked trash on anyone to make them all feel a bit better about their sorry selves. my grandmother, one of the youngest got out during WWII. The Texas cowboy myth is emblematic of the state, so is the fact that it was the basis for the first over the top prime-time soap: Dallas . . . The Who Shot JR approach to governance doesn't seem to serve the citizens well. Look at El Paso--the only functioning city in Texas that is a minority-majority city. Rich people are OK in this mess, but it's always the same suffering group of humans suffering so people could make bucks. how much money do rich people need? BTW--the podcast is fire!

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