WTF is wrong with you Loving County (election shenanignans)

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

We all know Loving County because it's the smallest population county in Texas and the US: 65 residents. 

The Chronicle has an exposé on while Loving County only has those 65 residents, there are 110 registered voters. That would be like Harris County having 7.9m voters for the 4.7m residents.

The discrepancy in Loving are former residents who claim that Loving is their home even if they rarely visit. One of these residents lives in Fort Worth and openly admits that she visits Loving a couple of times per year especially on election days.

The story reads like several families are always in fights about power and now the county is overrun with oil wealth. The county judge is currently awaiting trial for cattle rustling.

My main take is that we shouldn't allow a county to exist with 65 or 110 residents. Consolidate it with other counties.

[Js1 85114]

Yeah I imagine everyone knows everyone there and elections are extremely personal (and petty and vindictive). 
 

254 countries is so fucking dumb, it’s downright Texan 

[High Plains Drifter 10978]

 

Haven't read the article, but I know first hand that many of those very wealthy "residents" list their address in loving county as some shack on somebody's land that doesn't have water or electricity. One particular two room shack with no water or electricity had six people living in it, supposedly. Six very wealthy people who own homes in places like Lubbock or Dallas.

At its heart, this is all about one oil rich ranching family vs another oil rich ranching family getting their county judge and county commissioners elected. Positions in a county with a population of 65 which earn salaries around 50K.

[Beau Vine 54004]

Did the poor ol' sheriff's dead wife vote for Biden?

Edited September 27, 2023 by Beau Vine

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

3 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

Positions in a county with a population of 65 which earn salaries around 50K.

Must be a very high tax burden for that few people to fund those salaries. 
 

in Texas, don’t you have to claim residence at the property in which you have a homestead exemption?

[StassneyHorn 6540]

This topic along with Charlie Robison’s death not too long ago demands a YouTube video in OP

Edited September 27, 2023 by StassneyHorn

[High Plains Drifter 10978]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Must be a very high tax burden for that few people to fund those salaries. 
 

in Texas, don’t you have to claim residence at the property in which you have a homestead exemption?

 

Few people with lots of land with lots of oil leases. Property taxes fund those positions.

And since the county judge is related to half the county, literally, they don't mind paying that high salary. In fact, a lawsuit was filed by one of the families trying to get enough of those out of county voters disqualified to overturn the election, and have a do-over.

 

As for your second sentence, I don't really know, but I know that people residing (by any definition of the word "residing") elsewhere voted in the last election as if they were residents of Loving County.

[elfenix 34172]

How many of these ranches are from the homestead act? And how many of the great-great grandkids of these homesteaders post bootstrap memes on Facebook after getting a cut of generational wealth derived from the homestead act?

[RDCanecutter 26284]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Did the poor ol' sheriff's dead wife vote for Biden?

 

1 hour ago, StassneyHorn said:

This topic along with Charlie Robison’s death not too long ago demands a YouTube video in OP

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11810]

4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Did the poor ol' sheriff's dead wife vote for Biden?

I don't know, but you can bet that Ken Paxton is investigating it (cough cough).

[Brisketexan 104628]

I'm sure that the powers that be that are SUPER concerned about "VOTER FRAUD!" are already on this.

Right?

Right fellas?

 

[Beau Vine 54004]

20 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I'm sure that the powers that be that are SUPER concerned about "VOTER FRAUD!" are already on this.

Right?

Right fellas?

 

[jimmyjazz 45560]

That's probably the actual vote count.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11810]

46 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's probably the actual vote count.

At this very minute you can bet some of those 60 are trying to figure out how to murder or railroad the 4. Guaranteed.  

[Beau Vine 54004]

14 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

At this very minute you can bet some of those 60 are trying to figure out how to murder or railroad the 4. Guaranteed.  

And by "some," you of course mean "50+."

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20345]

What the fuck is up with you, Parker County?

 

 

 

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45560]

"These flyers were distributed randomly without malicious intent"

That's like the youtubers who post copyrighted music set to a new video and claim "I don't own the rights to this so please don't come after me".

[Beau Vine 54004]

22 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

What the fuck is up with you, Parker County?