Michael and Daniel recap the Texas Republican Convention and public forums in Matagorda and Bay City, then take a hard look at Flock Safety cameras and automated license plate readers — and the privacy and surveillance questions they raise for Texans.
Daniel and Michael roll the tape on Wednesday’s Leon County Commissioners Court, going clip by clip through claims made by the County Judge, the Commissioners, and the County Attorney — separating what’s accurate from the misinformation and outright false statements presented to the public as fact.
Michael Rice and Daniel McCoslin connect the dots from Hill County’s historic first-in-Texas moratorium to Leon County’s 12 pending energy and battery storage projects, OpenAI’s Stargate supercluster, the SpaceX chip plant in Grimes County, and the Corpus Christi water crisis.
Michael, Ann, and Daniel catch up on two weeks of news: the 391 Planning Commission launch, Pecan Solar & BESS breaking ground on Hwy 3, a quiet reinvestment zone approval in Robertson County, Van Zandt’s moratorium holding strong, and Grimes County learning about a massive data center with one phone call.
We talk with Kevin Palmer, Fire Marshal of Van Zandt County, about what a fire marshal actually does, where authority comes from in Texas, how inspections and codes work in rural counties, funding realities, and what residents should understand about BESS and other large industrial sites.
Episode 3 of the Know Leon County podcast features a weekly wrap-up of the Commissioners Court meeting and the Jewett town hall, with Ann and Daniel joining the discussion.
In this first episode of the Know Leon County podcast, I walk through how we first learned about the proposed data center and battery storage projects in Leon County. I cover: How the initial Amazon rumor started What research showed (and didn’t show) Discovering the Kahla Data Center and Storage projects A phone call with the County Judge that revealed four total projects How residents organized quickly to share information Where to go to stay informed as this continues Watch Episode 1 Prefer to watch on YouTube? You can also view the episode directly on YouTube here: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ3E88NIAp4 ...