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Gus Bova
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Kansas-Texas transplant. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Observer. Tips: bova@texasobserver.org, or DM for Signal.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3. TPPF is also going after the city's ability to apply wage and employment requirements *in its own contracts*.

A concern that critics of the bill and other bills like it raised for years but that was usually waved off by GOP proponents:
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
2. The "death star" bill carved out existing payday lending ordinances.

And yet... (TPPF lawsuit targets this Dallas ordinance on left; law carveout is on right)
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
See @byjustinmiller.bsky.social column from a couple months ago for some more general background: www.texasobserver.org/latino-top-b...
Is a Strong Latino Candidate Texas Democrats’ Only Hope?
The party is long-overdue for such a leader at the top of the ballot.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM