by Daryl Slusher | Feb 17, 2021 | Texas Deep Freeze, True Stories
Let’s hit a few points not covered in the accompanying article. First, a lot of questions were raised yesterday about why downtown Austin was still lit up while adjacent East Austin was almost totally dark — as were many other parts of town. Austin Energy responded...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 17, 2021 | Texas Deep Freeze
With millions of Texans suffering without power for days now, in a record breaking deep freeze, Governor Greg Abbott is desperately looking for somebody to blame — anybody but the state government he leads. First he went after the leaders of ERCOT (Electric...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 3, 2021 | City Council 2021
The City Council solved its Mayor Pro Tem dilemma last week, but otherwise 2021 is off to something of a rocky start. The early going has been largely dominated by the Council’s number one declared priority, “ending homelessness.” The view here is that the Council...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 25, 2021 | True Stories
You won’t hear this from me very often, if ever again, but Democrats in Washington need to learn from and follow the example of Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. In the Texas Senate, which Patrick leads, until very recently it took support from 19 of the 31...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 12, 2021 | True Stories
Despite the violent insurrection in Washington D.C., local and regional news has not slowed down. Here are a few quick highlights. The Texas Legislature is back in town. The Austin area has reached a dangerous new level in the COVID-19 pandemic. The group conducting...
