Column: also pay attention to small changes in Texas politics. Sometimes tectonic movements follow

Waskom, Texas, is an old railway city of about 2,000 in the middle between Dallas and Shreveport, LA. According to the city's website, Waskom became an important player in the East-West trade in America in the 1880s because JM Waskom, a director of the Southern Pacific Railroad, “led the railway that led the railway in Eastern Texas.” This was what was nicknamed “Gateway to Texas”.

In 2019, Waskom said goodbye to a new nickname “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” after a purely male city council voted what to make the first community in America to ban abortion since Roe's decision against Wade in 1973. Versions of Waskoms “Sanctuary City for the Unborn”. Regulation spread quickly At more than 70 municipalities in a handful of states when the Supreme Court prepared to hear arguments about the case, which would eventually lead to Roe tipping over.

The railway was planned. The legal attack on reproduction was planned. Both proved to be part of the tectonic changes in society. While everything is bigger in Texas, they don't overlook the smaller things in the Lone Star State. The recent history suggests that it is the little things that will have the greatest influence.

Last month, a driverless truck was developed by an autonomous vehicle company from Pittsburgh made his first delivery – Frozen pastries between Houston and Dallas. Return trip, which is about a hair below 500 miles or about eight-hour working day for a truck driver. The company plans to expand the freight operation on El Paso and Phoenix in good time for the holidays. There are similar companies in Texas that plan to present driverless freight options for San Antonio.

The future is now.

And just as a prescription against abortions from a small town in Texas became a much larger movement nationwide, a driverless truck that breaks off frozen baked goods in Dallas is a sign of something that is far more important for the rest of the country.

According to reports, the government's collective bargaining policy has initiated a decline in port traffic to endanger trucks and dock jobs. A recently carried out study resulted in a decline in 1% of the freight traffic in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach threaten up to 4,000 jobs. However, what will completely eliminate these positions is the type of automation that hits the streets of Texas quietly at the end of April.

Keep an eye on the little things. Without long-term planning about consequences or in these cases even short-term planning-the effects can be catastrophic.

I wonder if the administration discusses which new skills that employees have sold in the logistics industry must be used in the future. Or will the local officials be forced to wings it as we did immediately after Roe's turning touring? Remember, some states reached back to back Regulations from the 19th century To forbid reproductive care without adopting new laws.

Without designs and public funds to exceed America's workers, the negative effects of tariffs and automation on employment will probably overtake social services quickly (if available). It would be a little thing to make training in certain communities a priority at this moment in history, but the effects could be significant, which prevents a disaster.

There is a risk of overlooking these options. We have seen a result in a recent choice, the 250 miles south of Waskom, in the suburb of Katy in Houston, one of the fastest growing cities in the state. In the Katy Independent School District, the leaders have their hands full, just try to keep up with growth and to serve the increasing number of students that are projected meet 100,000 by 2028.

During the recent campaign, however, the incumbent CEO focused on the ban on transgender athletes and other conservative topics. His opponent, an educator and school administrator for three decades, concentrated on what teachers need to ensure the growing population. Wouldn't she know the candidate who actually wanted to fix long -term problems in the district? Actually a number of pro-education candidates in Texas Woned Sits at the election of last week In school authorities who were previously held by people who are responsible for the ban on books and the like.

It is noteworthy that voters want executives in conservative pockets from the state who focus more on solutions than on slogans. I know that it is not significant nationally, but given the story of small things in Texas, this trend grows me hope.

@Lzgranderson