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Investigative reporter @startelegram || Unit president @fortworthguild || Past lives: @HartfordCourant @JournalInquirer
Jun 3, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
I am telling you, local TX politics is so interesting:

A candidate for Galveston County treasurer ran on the platform that the position should be eliminated.

He's the apparent winner of the election but bc of his platform, he might not be allowed to collect a salary in the job Hank Dugie became the apparent winner of the Galveston treasurer race a few months ago.

He won the Republican nomination, and there isn't a Democratic candidate, as reported by the Houston Chronicle: houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/b…
Feb 19, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
I'm feeling tired and discouraged, so here's a thread of impactful stories my colleagues wrote this week.

This work matters, and that's what I'm hanging onto right now.

First up, @capitolwatch on the 24-hr vaccination debate: courant.com/politics/hc-po… Next, @ChristineDempse has been relentlessly tracking the storms over the last couple of weeks.

As an aside, she also spends hours each week answering calls/questions from readers, bc she cares deeply about our community.

Here's her latest weather story: courant.com/breaking-news/…