Sunday Summary (8/18/24)
State Fair is Poppin’
Welcome to the Sunday Summary. Catch up on the latest and greatest in Texas politics with our top articles this week.
Top stories this week:
Ken Paxton Ending “Gun-Free Zone” at State Fair
The corporate entity that runs the State Fair of Texas declared Fair Park in Dallas “The Most Texas Place On Earth!” Ken Paxton is actually holding them to it.
El Paso Demands More Than $500,000 From Trump
Waiting until 2024 to put this out for purely coincidental reasons, the city El Paso just demanded Trump pay more than half a million dollars for a re-election rally he did at El Paso County Coliseum back in 2019. Seems sus.
Texas Fair Bans Guns, Secret Entrance for Shooters Still Open?
After a 2023 shooting at the Texas State Fair where a shooter allegedly passed a gun through a hole in security fencing, the Fair declared itself a “gun-free zone” in lieu of fixing the fence, according to sources.
”Many People Are Saying” is our once a week paid-subscriber article where we feature rumors we’re hearing, inside gossip in the political world, and other interesting things going on in our great state of Texas.
This week we’re talking about
A huge review of the new lawsuit filed against Rep Leach by Paul Davis. Spoilers: it’s goofy.
Some weird stuff is going on in Taylor, Texas. Why is this town being targeted by LGBT groups?
Good for Paxton! Governor Paxton starts sounding better all the time.