Texas Observer reader,
Gall. We live in a state whose top leaders have entirely, vastly, monumentally too much goddamn gall.
Just five days after the deadliest Texas flood in 104 years, Governor Greg Abbott announced a special legislative session not narrowly focused on the disaster but rather covering a Christmas list of far-right pet political projects including a Trump-led redistricting power grab. At the time of his announcement, more than 150 human beings were still officially missing in the Hill Country.
