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By Thomas Elias Thomas Elias is an independent opinion columnist for Paso Robles Press; you can email him at tdelias@aol.com.  Memo to Larry Ellison (Oracle Corp.), Elon Musk (Tesla), and other Californians eyeing a move to Texas because it has no state income tax but does feature lower living expenses and far less government regulation than California: Think twice, maybe three times, before you leap. That’s one lesson of the mid-February combination of blizzard and deep-freeze that struck ...

Former Californians who moved because of lower real estate and energy prices suddenly learned why their big new homes cost so little.

To the editor: As millions of people were shivering in the dark after an Arctic blast knocked out much of the Lone Star State’s power system, Mayor Tim Boyd of Colorado City had choice words for his fellow Texans. “No one owes you or your family anything. … I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout. … Think outside the box to survive.” Individuals who camped out in their frigid homes waiting for help were “lazy.” For Boyd, the big freeze was survival of the fitt...

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We should say former Texas mayor, since he resigned.

Chris Cuomos tweet follows news his brother New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is under FBI investigation for allegedly failing to provide accurate nursing home death toll figures.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's reference Thursday to a little-known former Texas mayor drew a wave of criticism given the predicament of his far more prominent older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D.

Now-former Mayor Tim Boyd gave his entire town the kiss-off in the midst of a winter disaster in Texas that has left millions without power in freezing temperatures, telling residents that "The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!"

"Bottom line quit crying and looking for a handout!" said now-former Colorado City Mayor Tim Boyd.