The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House Speaker race has changed overnight: Without enough votes to win, the Austin swamp swimmer leader Speaker Dade Phelan has withdrawn from the race for re-election. His Austin swamp swimmer cabal is trying the old switcheroo in order to remain in power by running Lubbock’s state Rep. Dustin Burrows for the job. It goes downhill from there.
Rep. Dustin Burrows
How do you get reform by electing the same group? Burrows has been “the other man in the room” in the last two Speaker failures. Rep. Brian Harrison makes the point here.
- Dade Phelan Drops Out, His Lieutenant Jumps In
- What to know about the 2 Republicans hoping to become Texas House speaker
- Phelan Withdraws from Speaker Race After Tumultuous Tenure
- 5 things to know about Dade Phelan as he drops his bid for Texas House speaker
- Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan steps down amid Republican infighting, more
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Texas oil and gas drilling rig count jumps nicely.
Abilene’s city manager to retire.
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If a Dem had run against Burrows I might have voted for him or her because they’d at least have been honest as they voted for the same things Burrows does.. I voted for Wade Cowan because he was honest. Burrows is a liar, a grifter, a pretend Conservative and likely a fake Christian, lying to people in the church he goes to. He’s a disgrace to Lubbock and to Texas. But very few Lubbock voters want to do the research.