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The GOP must be fuming!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=815233348512143"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/815233348512143/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:18 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=815233348512143">Mimi Miller</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">of course stupid Texas wastes federal and state money on these frivolous lawsuits</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152370161354610"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152370161354610/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:21 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152370161354610">Devin Trousdale</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Wow. I didn't see this coming. The Dallas Observer made it sound like the lawsuit was already DOA. Is this from the downtown Dallas developer's lawsuit?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=223692201170664"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/223692201170664/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:23 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=223692201170664">Jakki Lisa Deery-Riggs</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">???? ???? ????</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204366501305540"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204366501305540/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:38 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204366501305540">Anne Furstenau Walker</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">None of those rich white neighborhoods want low income housing. Those white ladies yelling racial slurs at the pool in McKinney made that very clear. Too bad bitches.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203375570530603"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10203375570530603/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:45 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203375570530603">Valerie Garza Estes</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Seems Attorney General Abbott seems to lose against the federal government</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153964279020324"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153964279020324/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 9:49 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153964279020324">Renee E. Babcock</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Another good ruling this morning from the SC, ruling for the benefit of the average citizen.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=766925040087604"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/766925040087604/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:01 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=766925040087604">Alice Maxie</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">A "Blue" letter day. :-)</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205966613396425"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205966613396425/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:08 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205966613396425">Chris Matthews</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">This is a bit disturbing. This now means you can move somewhere and have no assurance that low-income housing won't move in and destroy property values. Scary.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=936270799727167"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/936270799727167/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:10 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=936270799727167">Yvonne Morgan</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Good !!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605875696161476"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/605875696161476/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:19 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605875696161476">Edward De La Cruz</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Texas needs to stop sending people like Abbott to Austin. The Texas GOP is making our whole state look bad. Oh, and way to go Supreme Court Justices and President Obama. The ACA is the Law of The Land!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202542202291044"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202542202291044/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:20 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202542202291044">Marty Ellis Cates</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Yes! First the ACA, now this! Next Gay Marriage! Bet the GOP heads are exploding!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202092943740264"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202092943740264/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:25 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202092943740264">Anna Moseley Osborn</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">YES YES YES YES</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=973202742712113"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/973202742712113/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:47 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=973202742712113">Michael Roberts</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">How could this happen in a fair-minded, progressive state like Texas? Yes, sarcasm is alive and well.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1019415164750150"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1019415164750150/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 10:59 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1019415164750150">Tere Kaulfus</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Wow! Loving SCOTUS today!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039452562733287"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1039452562733287/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 11:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039452562733287">Gene R Long</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Is it sad that I, a Texan, greet the news that SCOTUS ruled against Texas, in anything, is a good thing?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153942097330401"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153942097330401/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 11:16 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153942097330401">Buddy Luce</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Another bad day for the legal lack of prowess by @govabbott #takedownthatflag</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1597092220533655"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1597092220533655/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 11:58 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1597092220533655">Sandy Simer Walper</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">YESSSS.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153983997195328"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153983997195328/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 12:03 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153983997195328">Rick Bentley</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">WHAT? Abbott and Co lost again!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=248224918694517"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/248224918694517/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 12:39 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=248224918694517">Mike Boykin</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I heard it was 6-3. Were there rulings on two separate issues?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=795315993897332"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/795315993897332/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 1:18 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=795315993897332">Doretha Reeves</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">How embarrassing when your state tries to uphold housing discrimination .</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152787637449152"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152787637449152/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 2:20 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152787637449152">Lee Ann Duke</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Well Fort Worth, the largest Republican city in Texas has 77% of its school children on free or reduced lunches. How many families is that? How many of the city's families are there living at poverty levels? So how many rich neighborhoods are needed? Yet, the city gives fed money for housing to out of state investors and they use it to build upscale housing. So, I say this ruling is wonderful!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 3:21 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Jim Vance </span> </p> <p class="comment">Justice may be blind in order to be fair but it cannot be indifferent, and the TDHCA bias in its decisions on where that Federal funding was directed within cities was demonstrably proven to be indifferent insofar as equity and fairness was concerned.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=936737649726597"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/936737649726597/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 4:27 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=936737649726597">Sid Cauthorn</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Welcome to another step toward European mediocrity.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202888565928439"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202888565928439/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 5:39 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202888565928439">Yvonne Beatty</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Two losses big time for Texas today.......Gov (former Attorney General) of Texas........you were wrong then and you're wrong NOW!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 5:50 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Charles McCain </span> </p> <p class="comment">Just another reason I fled my home state decades ago. And it just keeps getting nuttier. The hypocrisy of it all while they clutch their bibles and call themselves kristians. <br/>PUKE!</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1156267814390388"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1156267814390388/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 6:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1156267814390388">John Fitz</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">There are Section 8 homes in brand new neighborhoods in Williamson county where homes start at $250,000.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206861152586210"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206861152586210/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 25 @ 7:45 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206861152586210">Jan Neugebauer Harris</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Great news!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153327487490837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 26 @ 6:17 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> fool me </span> </p> <p class="comment"> "We as a Court have constructed a scheme that parcels out legal privileges to individuals on the basis of skin color."<br/><br/>That pretty well sums it up. Now how are you gonna choose who gets low income housing and who doesn't?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> June 26 @ 8:47 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Beckie Silcox </span> </p> <p class="comment">So do "rich" people have to pay the Homeowner's Association fees for the government housing residents on top of the tax dollars that they are already paying in order to fund the government housing?... I guess the "rich" people in the neighborhood should either come over and clean the houses and yards of the government housing residents in order to keep up the codes of the Homeowner's Associations or else pay to have it done, again..... </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> </ul> </section> </div> <div class=" rail cell w-4 hide-for-medium-down"> <section class="trib_newsletter"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629071951/http://texastribune.us3.list-manage2.com/subscribe/post?u=3d0ce87edeeb6df90043897db&id=68501b81bf" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate> <header> <h2>Sign Up for The Brief</h2> </header> <p>Our daily news summary</p> <div class="mc-field-group nowrap"> <input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="input_neue required email" id="mce-EMAIL" placeholder="enter your email here"> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="subscribe" 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