![]() ![]() On New Year’s Eve of last year, Vaughn (always with the encouraging news, that Jacob) reported that North Texas might begin 2022 under a blanket of the freezing, grid-breaking temps that had made early 2021 almost as screwed-up as 2020 had been for so many.Ĥ. Less than a year after that catastrophe, the mere mention of frozen pipes, the grid or ERCOT elicited fearful and exasperated responses from just about everyone, especially those who dealt with home flooding and subsequent, endless renovations. North Texas Could See a Freezing Start to 2022 by Jacob VaughnĪ large chunk of Texas residents learned what ERCOT stood for in early 2021 when record-breaking winter storms caused a power crisis. In September Vaughn reported on how Dallas' attempts to clean and sweep homeless encampments had turned into occasions for "armed resistance" that led city officials to prepare for the worst when planning future sweeps.ĥ. Homelessness, eviction policies, rent prices, appraisals and neighborhood zoning and development continue to make their presence felt in headlines on a regular basis here at the Observer. Where we live our lives continues to be a multi-pronged issue that Dallasites read a lot about. Dallas Prepares for 'Armed Resistance' During Local Homeless Encampment Sweeps by Jacob Vaughn Although the busing was a popular move among many Texans, reports suggested that before being loaded onto the northbound buses, migrants were being misled about their journeys.Ħ. In October, Patrick Strickland reported that legal questions began to appear after buses carrying over 12,000 immigrants from the Texas-Mexico border had been dispatched to sanctuary cities including New York City and Chicago. Greg Abbott knows how to do one thing, it is to get national attention by pandering to his base. Attorney General Takes a Closer Look by Patrick Strickland Abbott’s Migrant Buses Hit Roadblock as D.C. They’ll keep looking for new ways to get people high while government agency suits keep trying to block them.ħ. One thing we know from this article is that motivated entrepreneurs won’t let a bit of legislation slow them down. Governmental confusion over which hemp products are legal and which contain too much THC has, in turn, caused confusion and frustration for customers, smoke shop owners and hemp farmers. Move Aside, Delta-8, Texas Smoke Shops are Filling Up with Legal Delta-9 THC Products by Jacob VaughnĪs evidenced in the previous marijuana story from Vaughn, the issue of legalizing cannabis has many facets. We’ll believe it when we can smoke it (legally). The MORE Act “would remove cannabis from the federal controlled substances list and expunge people’s prior cannabis-related charges,” Vaughn notes. Jacob Vaughn’s piece digs into the reasons Democrat leaders say cannabis reform is necessary. Of course, this is an issue that’s bisected along party lines. So, why can’t Texas? That question keeps coming up in state legislative sessions, only to be struck down or completely ignored. ![]() Federal Cannabis Legalization Heads to the Senate … Where It Died Last Year by Jacob VaughnĪ bunch of neighboring states are making weed legal. She’s facing a pair of misdemeanor charges and a pair of lawsuits.ĩ. Although she was not arrested by police called to the scene when the incident occurred, Upton was arrested the next day. In the clip, Upton was seen calling four women “curry-ass bitches” before also threatening to shoot them. Danny Gallagher reported that the verbal and physical attack was recorded by a number of people and quickly went viral on social media. The parking lot of a Plano restaurant was the scene of what police call a racially motivated crime when Esmerelda Upton grabbed headlines in August. Plano Police Arrest Woman After Racist Video Emerges of Her Hitting and Threatening to Shoot Women by Danny Gallagher Greg Abbott, Jenna Ryan, Shelly Luther and others.Īnd weed. Either way, the Observer’s most-read news stories of 2022 include reports centering on such notable conversation-starters as Sen. Perhaps it’s a schadenfreude thing, or perhaps we just want to keep tabs on the people who seek to have more power over others. If it wasn't obvious before, we can say it’s official now: We like reading about polarizing public figures.
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