Texas Republicans take aim at liberal cities

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Texas Republicans take aim at liberal cities
BY REID WILSON - 07/17/17 06:00 AM EDT

AUSTIN — The sunset red granite of the Texas state capitol stands at 302 feet. It towers over nearby Travis County and Austin municipal buildings, as if to convey a physical superiority over those lesser government bodies. When legislators return for a special session this week, they will advance a series of laws that would make that state supremacy more concrete.

Republicans who run Texas are increasingly targeting laws passed by cities and counties with so-called preemption measures, bills that would restrict a local government's power to pass laws regulating certain industries or setting policy. It is part of a national trend in which Republican legislators are moving to preempt local governments, on issues ranging from minimum wage laws to immigration enforcement and even the use of plastic bags at retail establishments.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/342291-texas-republicans-take-aim-at-liberal-cities

[ananda]

1. I sure hope Austin resists!

nt

[Aristus]

2. Texans trying to limit local government?

That's how you know how full of shit Texas 'Limited-Government' Republicans are.

They love limited government, unless it protects everybody, and not just Republicans...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. GOP small government at it's finest.

[Gothmog]

4. All of the big cities in Texas (other than Ft. Worth) are blue

As a result, the GOP wants to attack these cities