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Colorado City Mayor Resigns After Mouthing the Weaklings Who Were Looking for Heat and Water


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Bet we have some defenders of this guy on here...it may take a minute, but it will probably happen. Shades of Dan Patrick. 

(Washington Post)

Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage: ‘Only the strong will survive’
How Texas's independent power grid failed under pressure

By 
Antonia Noori Farzan
Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:05 a.m. CST

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By Tuesday morning, the residents of Colorado City, Tex., were getting anxious. More than 24 hours had passed since a deadly Arctic blast knocked out power across the state, leaving them without heat or electricity in below-freezing temperatures. To make matters worse, many also lacked running water, forcing them to haul in heavy buckets of snow each time they needed to flush their toilets.

Residents turned to a community Facebook group to ask whether the small town planned to open warming shelters, while others wondered if firefighters could do their job without water. But when Colorado City’s mayor chimed in, it was to deliver a less-than-comforting message: The local government had no responsibility to help out its citizens, and only the tough would survive.

“No one owes you [or] your family anything,” Tim Boyd wrote on Tuesday in a now-deleted Facebook post, according to KTXS and KTAB/KRBC. “I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!”

 

Boyd’s tirade, which also demanded that “lazy” residents find their own ways of procuring water and electricity, immediately drew backlash. Later on Tuesday, Boyd announced his resignation and admitted that he could have “used better wording.”


The controversy highlighted how one of the worst winter storms in decades is testing the limits of the embrace of self-sufficiency and rugged individualism in Texas. The state’s decision to skirt federal oversight by operating its own power grid is one of the main reasons that close to 3.3 million residents in Texas still lacked electricity by early Wednesday morning, while outages in other hard-hit states had dwindled to less than one-tenth of that size. As of late Tuesday, grid operators still couldn’t predict when the lights might turn on, and advocates were warning that Texas’s poorest and most vulnerable residents were at risk of freezing to death. At least 10 deaths in Texas have been linked to the winter storm since Monday, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The failure to deliver basic services has angered countless Texans, including top-ranking elected officials. But in Colorado City, Boyd rejected the notion that municipal governments or utility companies had any obligation to provide paying customers with necessities like heat and running water during a catastrophic winter storm.

 

“The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!” he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.

Boyd suggested that residents without electricity should simply “step up and come up with a game plan.” Those without running water could either deal with it, or “think outside of the box to survive and supply water to your family.” He did not offer any further guidance, such as where safe drinking water or reliable electricity could be found.

“Only the strong will survive and the weak will [perish],” he wrote.

The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather

Colorado City, home to roughly 4,000 people, is located between Abilene and the twin cities of Midland and Odessa, in a part of West Texas that’s best known for high school football and oil field jobs. Below-freezing temperatures aren’t uncommon in winter as winds sweep across the plains, but losing heat, power, water and the ability to cook at the same time was an unpleasant new experience for many in the area.

 

Although authorities across Texas encouraged residents to hunker down until power could be restored and avoid driving on dangerously icy roads, Boyd categorized those who were camped out in frigid homes and waiting for assistance as “lazy.”

“Folks God has given us the tools to support ourselves in times like this,” he wrote, claiming that those who expected the city to come to their aid were “sadly a product of a socialist government.”

In reality, community members were doing their best to help one another, offering to trudge through the snow to pick up supplies for neighbors or share water from their private wells. And as critics pointed out, even trying to access the emergency preparedness guide on Colorado City’s official webpage led to an error message.

Facing mounting anger on Tuesday, Boyd claimed that his comments “were taken out of context” and did not apply to the elderly, then continued to double down.


“I was only making the statement that those folks that are too lazy to get up and fend for themselves but are capable should not be dealt a handout,” he wrote in a post that was later deleted, according to local media outlets.

Boyd also claimed that he was speaking in his capacity as a private citizen, and had already resigned from his position as mayor of Colorado City. He added that his wife had been fired from her job “over things I said” and said that his family was facing “undeserved” harassment and death threats.

“I won’t share any of those messages from those names as I feel they know who they are and hope after they see this they will retract the hateful things they have said!” he wrote.

Boyd could not be reached for comment late Tuesday night, and it wasn’t immediately clear if he resigned before or after writing his controversial Facebook post. As of early Wednesday morning, he was still listed as mayor on Colorado City’s website, and city council agendas showed that he had served in that role as recently as last week.

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3 minutes ago, Hagar said:

I did a little research on Tim Boyd.

First interesting thing, he’s a Theosophist, and best as I can tell, they’re to hell & gone from being Christians.

Second interesting, but not surprising thing (since he’s not a Christian), Mr. Scumbag Boyd is a Democrat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Boyd

Look closer and read your own link. Not the same guy, at all. My guess is that this is a sloppily edited Wiki by someone who doesn't understand that  small towns don't have partisan elections. 

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1 minute ago, BarryLaverty said:

Look closer and read your own link. Not the same guy, at all. My guess is that this is a sloppily edited Wiki by someone who doesn't understand that  small towns don't have partisan elections. 

I can’t verify it, but it does start out with, the Democrat Mayor of Colorado City, Texas.   How many Mayors do you reckon Colorado City has?  If they only have one, it would have to be the same guy.  But again, I can’t verify any of it.

Regardless, the guys a scumbag, whatever his political affiliation.

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Doesn't matter if they are Dem or Republican. This is small town Texas politics. Mayor was an idiot for posting on social media. 

In a town of 4000 you can bet everyone there knows him and his family. 

He probably would be better off moving to another town 

 

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8 minutes ago, BoHogg said:

He says can't verify t but posts it anyway :BS:

I posted a link from Wikipedia.  Have you ever?  Barry claimed it had been edited & was a different guy, but it indicates it was him.  In all honesty, I can’t be positive it is, but Wiki is the only source that mentioned it.  And based on the fact he’s not a Christian, indicates he’s a Democrat since they booed God at their 2012 Convention.   I can verify that if you’d like.  I see my original post got to ya, lol.   That’s the best thing of all.

:rofl: 

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1 hour ago, Hagar said:

I posted a link from Wikipedia.  Have you ever?  Barry claimed it had been edited & was a different guy, but it indicates it was him.  In all honesty, I can’t be positive it is, but Wiki is the only source that mentioned it.  And based on the fact he’s not a Christian, indicates he’s a Democrat since they booed God at their 2012 Convention.   I can verify that if you’d like.  I see my original post got to ya, lol.   That’s the best thing of all.

:rofl: 

WIKIPEDIA 😂😂😂. So reliable. 

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1 minute ago, Old49er60 said:

So you were just trolling? Or did you really want the truth? Or does it even matter his party with the kind of person he has shown he is?

Did you read all my post Johnny Come Lately?   I posted the guy was a scumbag, whatever his political affiliation.   And you guys make fun of others?   Rotflmbo!   😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Sad part is the folks that are waiting in the government help are freezing their butts off! Those that did what he said and looked out for their own are warm and fed.  You libs call me what you will but those waiting on big daddy government to provide for them will suffer. Regardless of the party in power. 

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3 minutes ago, Old49er60 said:

You ever notice how you attempt to ratchet up the conversations? Here are facts, Qanon attempted to over throw our government. You want to support them have at it. I suggest you head to DC March 4 for your next rally

Did George Washington and company but do the same?  So you’re a redcoat supporter i suppose? 

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