We’ve had too many Yankees moving down here to turn us into a blue state!
Must be a conspiracy of some kind—LOOL!
Mayor: C.R. Evans Jr.
City Council: John Edd Welch, Philip Cox, Pat Beets, Jerry Clark, John Posey
City Manager: Charles Cunningham
City Attorney: Blake Thompson
City Secretary: Rachel Gafford
Police Chief: Clyde Carter
Fire Chief: Greg Wall
Finance Director: Pam Raney
The names hardly seem like those of recent transplants from New Jersey or some such bastion of Yankeedom. The local representatives to both houses of the Legislature and Congress are Republicans.
A quick Google search shows this story to have reached media outlets as far away as New York and London. It looks like the local Boss Hoggs are about to be hit by a media firestorm they don't want. To Texas officials who get overzealous in enforcing laws, remember the fate of Tulia.