I was once told,
"As California goes, so goes the Nation" and, except for the earth quakes, I'm inclined to believe it. This particular Texas county, which has a jacka_s, ah I mean mule, for a mascot prides itself in ways to increase taxes. We have earthquakes here only when the level of cow manure at one of the local dairies and/or feed yards builds to a level that causes subsidence in the surrounding caliche substrata. (sarc)
I'll have more to say on this sensitive subject when all my Texas property has been sold.