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Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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Herb & Suds said:
NBC News
Texas mayor resigns after telling freezing residents to stop complaining about cold snap
David K. Li and Matteo Moschella and Donna Mendell
Wed, February 17, 2021, 12:57 PM


The mayor of a small west Texas town has resigned after lashing out at constituents who have been paralyzed by this week's devastating cold snap.
Colorado City Manager David Hoover told NBC News that Mayor Tim Boyd stepped down on Tuesday, but the administrator declined further comment.
In a widely-circulated Facebook post that has outraged many, Boyd told town residents to stop complaining about the cold weather that has left millions across Texas stranded without power.
"No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice!" Boyd wrote in the post on his Facebook page, which was later copied on the Mitchell County Issues community forum.
"The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING! I’m sick and tired of people looking for a d--- handout!"
He went on to write that anyone complaining about the cold must be lazy and products of bad parenting.
"If you don’t have electricity you step up and come up with a game plan to keep your family warm and safe. If you have no water you deal with out and think outside of the box to survive and supply water to your family," Boyd continued. "If you were sitting at home in the cold because you have no power and are sitting there waiting for someone to come rescue you because your lazy is direct result of your raising."
Colorado City is about 80 miles outside of Midland and is home to nearly 3,900 residents.
Jody Beavers, administrator of the Mitchell County Issues page, said Boyd meant well but should have taken a different approach.
"He’s a good guy, I just think he got frustrated with the situation," said Beavers, a 43-year-old oil field operator and lifelong Colorado City resident.
For several days, town residents had been asking for the city to consider opening public buildings, if the power were on inside, so they could take advantage of the heat, according to Beavers.
"I think he took it the wrong way, he took it as them wanting him to buy them hotel rooms," said Beavers, who got his electricity back at 3 a.m. Wednesday after 58 hours of darkness. "That's not what they were wanting. They just wanted somewhere to warm up."
Boyd appeared to delete his Facebook page and he could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday.

YEE HAW
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And the town dismissed/fired his wife who was an employee
Pretty fucking funny, right?
:)
 
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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Trump will say the whole Texas power thing is a liberal fake media hoax! Those people aren't really freezing their asses off, they are "crises actors"! Ted Cruz needs to take a page from his play book, "what power outage, that's just fake news"!
 
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First power, now water: Texans told to boil, conserve water as state warns of shortages
While about half a million Texans continue to fight off cold temperatures from Winter Storm Uri without power, many homes are experiencing water supply issues as levels are dangerously low and may be unsafe to drink.

Multiple health agencies across Texas are issuing warnings regarding widespread low water levels and asking Texans to boil tap water to ensure safe drinking quality. This, of course, is already complicated with many homes still suffering from power outages.

thehill.com

First power, now water: Texans told to boil, conserve water as state warns of shortages

While about half a million Texans continue to fight off cold temperatures from Winter Storm Uri without power, many homes are experiencing water supply issues as levels are dangerously low and may …
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mooray

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Being in rural northern California and worrying about our house burning down for about 5 out of 12 months every year, I have a hard time being anything but sympathetic to their issues, nor wanting to tell them they deserve it for their votes and lack of planning. This state being the polar opposite, yet still with the same problems, because people in general are just not as awesome as we think they are. I feel for them, despite their idiocy in thinking that Cruz is anything other than a complete slimeball pos.
 
injinji

injinji

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captainmorgan said:
There are large areas of Texas where the bedrock is near the surface,tough digging.
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And in Florida they say that flooding would require them to be dug up and changed more often than in dry areas. It's the residential lines that trees always take out. The big transmission lines are above the treeline, plus they have wide right of ways. But this time it's the generation plants that are the problem, not the lines so much.
 
TacoMac

TacoMac

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Apparently, Ted Cruz just went to Cancun to escort his family down there to "be a good dad".

He is allegedly on his way back to Texas.

No doubt, he'll be on Hannity tonight telling everybody it was all just a "misunderstanding" and Hannity will nod and dumbassed republicans will drink the cool aid and all will be well in Texas again.

Except for all the freezing, dying, thirsting and starving, that is.
 
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