Good morning, 

It was 18 years ago this morning that the United States suffered a horrific attack by Islamic terrorists; nearly 3,000 people were killed, and thousands more injured.

We must never forget.

Here is today's Texas Minute.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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• A leftist federal judge in California has arbitrarily set public immigration policy for the nation – trumping the duly elected president of the United States. That’s a tyrannical abuse of power. Congress must rein in these would-be black-robed philosopher-kings. Let me know what you think.
     
• Yesterday we told you about two Lubbock County commissioners who, by knowing the rules, were able to impose some fiscal responsibility on their tax-and-spend colleagues and protect taxpayers. By simply not showing up for a scheduled meeting, Jason Corley and Chad Seay ensured a lower tax rate would be adopted. Predictably, writes Lubbock-based commentator and radio show host Robert Pratt, “Lubbock civic cheerleaders went on an all-out campaign to muddy the waters.” 
       
• “The tax increasers were beaten, and citizens won in this round.” – Robert Pratt
     
• Also writing about those two Lubbock County commissioners is Kris Shafer, who argues taxpayers around the state should encourage their elected officials to know and use the rules available to protect taxpayers. He adds citizens should wonder why more officials who run as conservatives “aren’t willing to do the same thing, the right thing, to protect taxpayers.”
     
• The San Antonio City Council is being sued for discriminating against Chick-Fil-A, under a law that went into effect at the first of the month. Jacob Asmussen has the details. The lawsuit targets the city council’s decision to keep the restaurant out of the city-run airport.
     
• Midland County residents will see a contested primary race this March, with two local lawmen now seeking the open-seat Republican nomination for sheriff. Matt Stringer reports the race will feature Tom Hain, the police chief for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and Midland Sheriff’s Office veteran and Chief Deputy Rory McKinney.

• In a new commentary, Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Partnership Institute writes about the lies the left likes to tell about guns. 
   
• “The right to bear arms is not about hunting. It is a natural right of the deepest significance to the relationship between citizen and state. It is in the Constitution because the men who defeated the greatest empire in the world wanted us to be able to defend our freedom.” – Ben Domenech
      
• U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reacted to Tuesday’s firing of National Security Advisor John Bolton by President Trump: “I sincerely hope his leaving the White House does not mean that the deep-state forces at State and Treasury—who have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Obama Iran nuclear deal—have finally convinced the president to go soft on Iran.”