by Daryl Slusher | Jan 5, 2021 | True Stories
Come on Texas Republicans. What a bunch of snowflakes. OK, that could cover a lot of ground. I’m referring specifically to the “Public Admonition” of State Senator Sarah Eckhardt by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. It is for actions Eckhardt took while...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 23, 2020 | Austin Elections
It has been a few weeks since the City Council and rail elections, but the Independent has been busy covering other issues. So here we will give a quick review of the Council election results followed by a look at the two upcoming runoffs. We’ll discuss the rail...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 10, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
Sometimes things work out about as symbolically perfect as could possibly be. That was certainly the case when Donald Trump, around 2:30 AM last Wednesday morning, framed the ongoing counting of votes as causing cancellation of a party for him. “We were getting ready...
by Daryl Slusher | Nov 2, 2020 | Presidential Election 2020
Texas has burst into the national headlines over the last few days for something absolutely, totally unprecedented — high voter turnout. More Texans voted early this year than voted in the entire 2016 election — that is more than the 2016 early, mail-in and election...
by Daryl Slusher | Oct 27, 2020 | Austin Elections, True Stories
Those of us who focus on and care about government generally do so because we want the government to do a good job. Especially on the Democratic side, we want government to work. And, when we see it working well, the view here is that we should say so. With that...
