“Why does the Lone Star State allow TxDOT’s bureaucratic arrogance?”
Because we have a liberal government in Austin; the result of years of liberals moving into the population centers and screwing up the state by trying to make it “more like home” instead of trying to fit into the state they seeked to live in in the first place.
As such only the outlying, low population areas are represented by people representative of their constituencies. The few that fall into that category are at the least afraid to make waves, and at most completely ineffectual.
I’m afraid your right. The neighborhood I live in has plenty of Hillary and Obama signs shamelessly displayed.