Editorial: Another Texas power failure - cynicism of low expectations FacebookTwitterEmail Maria Pineda watches a video of her 11-years-old son play in the snow for the first time in Conroe, Texas. He died of suspected hypothermia on Feb. 16.Gustavo Huerta, MBO / Associated Press Texans can be thankful that the heartless mayor of Colorado City proved to be the outrageous exception rather than the rule during the deadly Lone Star deep freeze. While he was ranting in an unhinged Facebook screed that neither elected officials nor neighbors owed anybody anything during the most dangerous and debilitating snow and ice storm in decades, the (now former) mayor’s West Texas neighbors were helping each other.