>> So Greg Abbott is opposed to Washington telling him how to run Texas, but is more than willing to tell Austin how to run their city?
Your premise is flawed. You assume that “state is to Fed as city is to state”.
That just ain’t so.
States’ rights are protected from the Fed by the US constitution. However city entities in Texas exist at the pleasure of the state. Texas cities have no inherent rights EXCEPT those granted by the state legislature.
So, yeah— go Abbot! Go legislature! Kick the crap out of gay old Austin! Grind them to powder under your cowboy boot!
Correct!
First law the Texas legislature should pass is you need to be a resident of Texas for a minimum of 10 years before you can run for office.... At any level.
That will get rid of the libs who move here to get away from their own liberal laws then try to implement what didn’t work in their own states.
There are just a few states with Home Rule, including Texas, and Texas has the highest degree.
A good example was the recent Ebola case in Dallas in which the County Judge(Clay Jenkins) had more authority than the Guv
In Texas there are General Law cities and Home Rule cities
Well said!
And, let’s not forget, Mr. Abbott wakes up in DOWNTOWN Austin everyday.
So, as a citizen, setting aside he’s the Governor, he is certainly eligible to voice an opinion and act on it if he chooses to.
So you're saying that the state could, at will, eliminate Austin? Really?
Texas cities have no inherent rights EXCEPT those granted by the state legislature.
Kind of statist, isn't it.
So, yeah— go Abbot! Go legislature! Kick the crap out of gay old Austin! Grind them to powder under your cowboy boot!
Go big government!