In both the political and business worlds we are unfortunately seeing more situations where the power of government is used to oppress someone’s opponents.
We see it at both the national and local levels.
Adversaries used to fight in their own arenas but now some are involving government to crush their opponents.
We deserve better
Brutus
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From what we can see our local central appraisal district is the only local government that obeys this Texas law:
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2265. REQUIRED PUBLICATION AND REPORTING BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
Sec. 2265.001. RECORDING AND REPORTING OF ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION. (a) In this section, “governmental entity” means:
(1) a board, commission, or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality, a county, or any kind of district; or
(2) an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental entity responsible for payments for electric, water, or natural gas utility services shall record in an electronic repository the governmental entity’s metered amount of electricity, water, or natural gas consumed for which it is responsible to pay and the aggregate costs for those utility services. The governmental entity shall report the recorded information on a publicly accessible Internet website with an interface designed for ease of navigation if available, or at another publicly accessible location.
We deserve better
Brutus
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We have evidently reached the point where we have to have a “free-range parenting law” to keep from getting arrested for letting our children learn about life.
WebMD has a post about it if you are not familiar with the issue.
How far will we go to get in the middle of a parent’s rights and responsibilities to raise their child?
We deserve better
Brutus
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The chart below comes from this report published by Texas Tech University
Elrichboy over at elchuqueno.com nailed it recently when he wrote “The Long Goodbye”. He pointed out that people are fleeing El Paso.
The chart above is also disturbing. It was published by The Office of the State Demographer for the State of Texas.
The state thinks that the group they labeled “anglo” will flee the fastest.
We deserve better
Brutus
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I was saddened to hear yet another El Paso businessperson say last week that he was considering leaving town and moving elsewhere in Texas.
Evidently after recently having gone through a process that led to new regulations from the city (that control his industry) he had just learned that the city was starting a new effort to impose more regulations.
We deserve better
Brutus
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elpasospeak 
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