Source: The Texan.
The Texas House's first order of business of the 2025 term was to elect Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) Speaker in a runoff over David Cook (R-Mansfield). Ana-Maria Ramos (D-Richardson) had been eliminated after coming in third in the first round of voting.
That got me thinking about how this election might have played out if the Texas House used ranked-choice voting (my favorite system), sometimes called instant-runoff voting.
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Source: Arefin Shamsul Facebook.
On December 2, 2024, the Richardson City Council appointed eleven members to a Charter Review Commission, as required by law every ten years to review and suggest changes to Richardson's City Charter. Here, in a series of posts, I am presenting my own suggestions.
"Where marble tomb stood,
Pride of an ancient empire,
Now old men play games."
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Today's photo-of-the-day is from the port town of Bodrum, Turkey. "Known in ancient times as Halicarnassus, the town was once home to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." Nothing from the tomb remains.
Today, restaurants line the waterfront where tourists dine and old men gather to play backgammon. Playing board games dates back to before the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. I like to think old men like those in this photo have been gathering here ever since.
A bonus photo is after the jump.
