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Vote No on Prop 6: Hold your water!
Pardon LIV's "water wonky ways," but we've been part of the "water front" in Texas since our inception in 2013. We hope you find this...
Linda Curtis
Oct 22, 20233 min read


Defend Texas Liberty PAC bought the judge and crowned a King
TaliDan and King Greg have at least two things in common. That is Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks (see photos below). They bought the Judge...
Linda Curtis
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Climate Hawks and Peace Doves • Mearsheimer: Darkness Ahead on Ukraine • Greenwald Neo-Con Dems
John Mearsheimer, the esteemed Political Science Professor at the University of Chicago, is one of the leading scholars in the world who...
Linda Curtis
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Forever hold your preemption and populism or hop on Zoom at 7!
Say what you want about the "newspaper of record", but Saturday's NY Times published this blockbuster article about HB 2127 (including...
Linda Curtis
Jun 5, 20232 min read


Water Update from SAWDF
From one of the wonderful Texas water defenders, SAWDF Update 5/9/2023 Legislative News Favorable legislation awaiting a public hearing...
Linda Curtis
May 12, 20234 min read


With SB 471, TCEQ is useless as teats on a boar hog
"The bill enumerates the many different ways the TCEQ is not required to investigate a complaint, stripping away yet another public right...
Linda Curtis
May 8, 20234 min read


SAWDF Legislative Update on Water
Legislative News Texas House of Representatives HB 5052 – Rep. Stan Gerdes ** Passed ** Filed on behalf of stakeholders in HD 17, HB 5052...
Linda Curtis
May 1, 20234 min read


The people of Texas score on petition rights, water and SCOTUS Rodney Reed decision!
House Bill 4701 -- the bad petition bill: Watch ace attorney Andrew Hendrickson, ACLU Texas, rip HB 4701, the bad petition bill, a new...
Linda Curtis
Apr 21, 20232 min read


Bastrop Biologist Challenges Elon at Botched TCEQ Meeting last night. Act on HB1505 now!
We can send a man to the moon, but we can't figure out what to do with our wastewater on god's green earth. Sean Hensley, a biologist who...
Linda Curtis
Mar 22, 20232 min read


First Local Foods Lobby Day • Lost Pines Meets Wed • Giving Watson Slack
This brief LIV-Indy News boost is to encourage you go to the Capitol tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, to support our local food advocates...
Linda Curtis
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Unite! LIV News, Jan. 27, 2023
Some of you young pups did not have the pleasure of witnessing former Vice President Spiro Agnew in action. Agnew was one of only two...
Linda Curtis
Jan 27, 20232 min read


Sandow Lakes Hearing Goes to SOAH
Many thanks for permission to reprint this article from the Burleson County Tribune. LIV encourages our readers to subscribe to your...
Linda Curtis
Jan 27, 20234 min read


Political Drunks on Notice: Indys Got Your Number!
"I came to Driftwood from California last year expecting some peace. I can't believe what is happening to us." A petition signer at...
Linda Curtis
Apr 26, 20221 min read


Texas Tribune Covers Vista Ridge Pipeline Mess
Finally, the gods of Texas media are back on this never-ending story of the state of Texas’ failure to properly manage groundwater. Of...
Linda Curtis
Aug 5, 20211 min read


IMPORTANT Lost Pines Water Meeting Tonight
There’s an Important Lost Pines Water Meeting Tonight by phone! Within a short few months of full bore pumping by Vista Ridge (“The San...
Linda Curtis
Jan 20, 20211 min read


SAWS No Press, Press Conference
Thanks to KSAT-TV for helping blow the whistle on SAWS’ pump and dump of 10M gallons per day of drinking water piped through the Vista...
Linda Curtis
Jun 15, 20204 min read


Whole Lotta Political Shaking Going On
Folks, there’s a whole lotta political shaking going on in Texas. Stan Mitchell and Ellen Berky pitch the end of Pay to Play and a Vista...
Linda Curtis
Apr 4, 20194 min read


The Disappointing 85th Texas Legislature
Michele Gangnes, a longtime fighter to protect our water and land Submitted by LIV Board Members, Calvin Tillman and Michele Gangnes As...
Linda Curtis
Jul 13, 20175 min read


Time is flying! Legislature, remember our water & land???
Time is flying in the Texas Legislature! We do not know if this alert will reach you in time to make a difference so… please do what you...
Linda Curtis
May 24, 20174 min read


Pass the Greatest Bill Since Sliced Bread!
THIS FRIDAY! The greatest bill since sliced bread for the 42% plurality of Texans who are TOMORROW! Cronyism run amok on toll roads (HB...
Linda Curtis
May 3, 20172 min read
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