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Vol. 113, No. 362 / 30 pages, 4 sections
Sunday, July 30, 2017
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In Flower Mound, a Democratic rally: 2018 or bust
“We live in a non-voting state,” said Kim
Olson, a Democrat from Mineral Wells run-
ning for Commissioner of Agriculture in
2018. Olson joined the Congressional candi-
date forum as a guest speaker. “To not vote is
a vote.”
Four candidates for Texas’
26th Congressional District
take questions in town hall
Ironically, Callaway said he originally
trusted Burgess for a better fix to the ACA
when he voted for Burgess in the most recent
election for the seat he currently seeks. Ech-
oed by his fellow compatriots, he supports
crafting a system that is universal, protects
essential medical coverage and is reasonable
in price.
“We have to have a government solution
that addresses pre-existing conditions. We
have to have some form of government that
deals with catastrophic illnesses,” Callaway
said. “Insurance isn’t an evil business, but it
is a business, so we’ve got to have some form
of government sanity that reels it in.”
Fagan expressed the importance of tend-
ing to caregivers of those in need. Mention-
ing her experience in caring for her dying
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Pilot Point,
serves in Texas’ 26th Congressional District
seat. Candidates Michael Callaway, D-Roa-
noke; Linsey Fagan, D-Keller; Will Fisher,
D-Flower Mound; and John Wamiamaker,
D-The Colony, discussed their stances on
health care, immigrant rights, bipartisan co-
operation and other topics.
All candidates chastised Burgess for his
role in devising what they called an inhu-
mane replacement for the Affordable Care
Act, a repeal of Obamacare that would leave
an estimated 23 million Americans unin-
sured.
By Matt Payne
Staff Writer
mpayne @ denton rc. coin
FLOWER MOUND — Four Democrats
vying for Texas’ 26th Congressional District
in 2018 answered a series of questions Satur-
day in a town hall at Flower Mound Police
Department.
In doing so — with the 119 million voters
of the 20.8 million registered in Texas who
didn’t cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential
election in mind — their shared message
was clear: Texas voters need to convene to
shake up Congress.
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From left to right at the table, Michael Callaway, Linsey Fa-
gan, Will Fisher and John Wannamaker introduce themselves
at Saturday’s town hall at Flower Mound Police Department.
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The Washington Post
The Republican Party’s seven-year
quest to undo the Affordable Care Act cul-
minated Friday in a humiliating failure to
pass an unpopular bill, sparking questions
about how steep the costs will be for its
congressional majorities.
While lawmakers have not completely
abandoned the effort, they are now con-
fronting the consequences of their flop.
Not only has it left the GOP in a precarious
position heading into next year’s midterm
elections, it has placed enormous pressure
on the party to pass an ambitious and
complex overhaul of federal taxes.
Strategists argued for months Repub-
licans risked more by not acting and alien-
ating their conservative base than by pass-
ing an unpopular repeal bill that could
turn off swing voters.
They now live in the worst of both
worlds — with nothing to show for seven
years of campaign promises, even though
dozens of vulnerable lawmakers cast votes
that could leave them exposed to attacks
from Democrats.
“This is an epic failure by congressional
Republicans,” said Tim Phillips, president
of the conservative Koch network gr oup
Americans for Prosperity. “But it’s time to
pivot to tax reform. There’s no time to
pout.”
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Aaron Powell is a Denton resident who has started a new company: Urban Tribe Cargo Bikes. The bikes are in production
and will go on sale in September, featuring a built-in front basket/cargo container that can hold ch ildren or large loads of
groceries, among other things. The bike also has electric assist to help riders pedal heavy loads in the basket.
President Donald Trump
slammed Senate Repub-
licans on Saturday, say-
ing they “look like fools”
and urging Senate Ma-
jority Leader Mitch
McConnell to change the
chamber’s rules.
Urban undertaking
anything online.
The best option was a custom build for
an estimated $5,000.
So he started Urban Tribe Cargo Bicy-
cles. The three-wheeled bicycles have a
cart in the front to fit up to four small chil-
dren and can be powered manually or by
an electric motor.
“It’s a way to have fun with your kids
outside doing things you’d usually do in a
car, but because the box is in the front, you
can interact with them, point tilings out,”
Powell said. “It’s just like a fun, family
tiling that normally would have been an-
other car trip.”
The website launched a few weeks ago
when full production started at a bicycle
manufacturer in China. The brand al-
ready had a presence on social media, so
the orders stalled coming in from across
the country.
The first order came fr om Chicago, and
in September, he’ll ship to families in Ha-
waii, Minnesota and other states.
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
When Aaron Powell and his family
went to Demnark and Sweden last year,
they wanted to try to get around both
countries on only bicycles.
Not only was it easy, but also they saw
kids piling into bikes with built-in carts
and earners everywhere, Powell said.
When they got home, he wanted to order
one so he could bike with his young
daughter, Kathryn. But he couldn’t find
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In the moments after the a bare-
bones repeal bill failed early Friday
morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., said it was “time to
move on.” But there seemed to be little
stomach afterward among Republicans
on Capitol Hill for acknowledging out-
right failure on their top campaign
INTERNATIONAL
Venezuela on Saturday
found itself 24 hours
away from a consolida-
tion of government pow-
er that appeared certain
to drag the OPEC nation
deeper into a crisis that
has entire neighbor-
hoods battling police
and paramilitaries.
promise.
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Disabled Texans: Bathroom bill could further complicate lives
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— believe the Legislature is further complicating
something that’s already difficult to navigate.
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate advanced
Senate Bill 3, which would restrict bathroom
use in local government buildings and public
schools based on the sex listed on a person’s
birth certificate or DPS-issued ID, and gut
parts of local nondiscrimination ordinances
meant to allow transgender people to use pub-
lic bathrooms of their choice.
The bill’s author, state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst,
R-Brenham, argues her measure is meant to
protect privacy in the bathroom and would
dissuade sexual predators from taking advan-
tage of trans-inclusive bathrooms policies.
But for many caretakers and disabled Tex-
ans, the issue goes much deeper. Rosanna Ar-
mendariz said she fears if a ‘bathroom bill”
passes, people might think her son is breaking
By Alex Samuels
The Texas Tribune
AUSTIN — For Octavio Armendariz, using
the bathroom while he’s home is no big deal.
When the autistic 8-year-old is out in public
with his mom, it’s a different story.
Rosanna Armendariz isn’t comfortable
with Octavio, who has the social and emotion-
al development of a 3-year-old, navigating the
men’s bathroom alone. So she brings him into
the women’s bathroom with her instead.
“We started getting looks from the time he
was around seven,” she said. “I guess by that
age many boys are using the men’s room, and
since autism is an invisible disability, people
don’t automatically realize why my son would
be in the women’s room with me.”
As lawmakers this summer debate yet anoth-
er controversial measure regulating bathroom
use based on biological sex, disabled Texans say
they — like many transgender men and women
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Octavio Armendariz, 8, smiles as he watches cartoons on his iPad in his
living room at his home in El Paso. Octavio has moderate-to-severe au-
tism and severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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