Our new Guvner, Greg Abbott gave a speech in which he outlaid the some of the strange ideas some Libertarian leaning conservatives employ. The people who think lives should be free from Federal control have never held that to mean a freedom from State control. The same people who can pretend the water under my property is different water than that of you conjoining property think towns should not be free to make their own rules. This strike's this Yankee as odd. Isn't Austin making rules ( bag ban, SOS, et al ) local control? How does the state interfering with UT's desire for “a Well Regulated' state of the “the right to keep and bear arms” on Campus? Does not seem much like l;ocal control making these decisions on the state level instead of at the County/City level? The bag ban is a really good example of a local law that is working. Industry lobbyists came with misleading statistics about 'mass' of plastic ( we experience plastic bags as volume!) but we the citizens of Austin through our Republically elected representatives, our Gov say's it is bad for a city to just make it's own rules. Odd perspective from those who do not think much of what we do here in Texas should come under federal oversight. It is hard not to see this as an example of the double standard; today's Right see's pot's and declares that there have never been any kettles. If someone wants to produce desired end ( Nat Resources riches?) , that end will come. One seemingly has a Right to exploit property but not to preserve it.