The State of Texas has been invaded politically by progressive left-wingers over the last few decades, from county officials to major cities. Embedded in that has been a staunch push of their progressive ideology onto major cities like Houston, Dallas, and Austin especially.
So, in an effort to punch back at a year's long wearing down of hope, the state legislature passed House Bill 2127, which in effect, puts up a wall against their progressive push, and gives businesses and cities power again in local governance.
It has been lovingly dubbed 'The Death Star Bill,' and may serve as a forewarning to the end of the progressive movement. In a desperation heave, a Travis County Judge has appealed it, calling the bill unconstitutional. But Jared Woodfill from Conservative Republicans of Texas says, this bill is constitutional, and moving forward, whether they like it or not.
"There will likely be a pretty prompt ruling on this, given its statewide importance, and timeliness of the legislation," he says. "I think we see something in th enext week or two."
As mentioned above, this has been a problem for quite some time now.
"We have had this issue a long time...home rule cities being controlled by progressive democrats, using their city or county power, to promote radical policies," he says. "You see it with pronouns, climate change, and the transgender agenda."
But HB 2127 effectively cuts that supply of freedom off, and reverts power back to local governance, and the businesses in those cities.
"These businesses will now have direction, and not be bound by some liberal, progressive policy coming out of Houston or Dallas...which requires them to adhere to some pronoun mandate, or a climate change mandate" he says. "It brings sanity to the local level."
Bring back the sanity it will, too.
"Effectively, it stops the 'Californization' of places like Houston, or Dallas, or Austin...I think it is a great bill, and brings that sanity back to an insane environment," he says.
The Democrat county and city officials can kick, scream, file appeals, and whine all they want, but this bill is here to stay as it stands.
"The only way it would not take effect would be if there was some kind of injunction put in place by a judge...that has not been issued," he says.
Of course, in this land of the lawsuit, there is sure to be more fight put up by said county and city officials.
But will it really go far, or even to the Supreme Court of the United States? Woodfill says no way.
"This will end up at the state Supreme Court...but I do not see any federal issues here. The 10th Amendment allows states to do this," he says. "Will they try to take it to SCOTUS? Probably. WIll it be accepted by them? Very unlikely...I think the bill will continue to be law in the State of Texas."
Cities which have already filed suit include Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Denton. Dallas has yet to decide their stance.