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The “Bathroom Bill”: Just One of the
Many Dangerous Bill Movements Coming
Through the 85th Legislative Session
BY THE NEWS STAFF • P.18
JANUARY 13, 2017
VOLUME 36, NUMBER 20
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CONTENTS
JANUARY 13, 2017
VOLUME 36, NUMBER 20
CO-EDITOR & CO-PUBLISHER Nick Barbaro
CO-EDITOR & CO-PUBLISHER Louis Black
EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kimberley Jones
NEWS Chase Hoffberger
ASSISTANT NEWS, GAY PLACE
Sarah Marloff
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Mark Fagan
ARTS LISTINGS Wayne Alan Brenner
Imported Art Jewelry
• STAFF WRITERS
Kevin Curtin, Michael King,
Gifts • Home Goods Mary Tuma, Richard Whittaker
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
FILM Marjorie Baumgarten
DEAR GLUTTON Emily Beyda 18 COVER STORY: Texas Lege COVER BY JASON STOUT/
DAY TRIPS Gerald E. McLeod THINKSTOCK
MR. SMARTY PANTS R.U. Steinberg
PRODUCTION 6 PAGE TWO 38 SCREENS
ART DIRECTOR Jason Stout
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MARKETING DIRECTOR/PR Sarah Wolf
LUV DOC/CIRCULMAATRIOKNE/TSINPGE CMIAALN AEGVEERN TKSa Dreanna H Raorgdeicrks 18 GRAND OLD PROBLEMS The 85th 40
STREET TEAM Kelsey Baker, Sommer Brugal, Anna Legislature convenes this week.
Cherian, Andrea Dane, Andrea Fuentes, Daniela Can the GOP-run House and
Garcia, Orchid Garcia, Sandra Gisi, Lisa Gossett, Senate get along well enough to
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FEEDBACK
LETTERS & COMMENTS
Loving and Hating John
STARTING THE NEW YEAR
Wayne, Meryl Streep, OFF RIGHT!
Dear Editor,
What was it that made the Jan. 6 Austin
Free Speech Chronicle [“The Vice Issue”] so interesting and
enjoyable to read? The color print? The different
type and layout? The succinct articles? “Point
Austin”? My cup of coffee? All of those things
got me reading. Thank you!
So when you see your neighbor carryin’ Over a decade later again we got to watch many who very viciously attacked her. Yet Kathy Goodwin
somethin’ her work, this time on the set of Ricki and they claimed that their outrage was less
Help him with his load the Flash in a converted warehouse in about what she said than where she said it.
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
And don’t go mistaking Paradise Brooklyn. When she arrived on set, she “Performance artists are usually not the
For that home across the road began each day by greeting every cast and best informed of the facts, tend to be highly Dear Editor,
– “The Ballad of Frankie Lee and crew member, each by name. Again, the partisan and argue from an emotional view- Michael King’s column of Jan. 6 [“Point
Austin: The Age of Trump,” News] began with the
Judas Priest,” Bob Dylan rhythm of her performances were different point,” one commenter offered. “She has
negative that Washington, D.C., is heading back-
than that of other actors. Most stay very the right to dissent but it is not the time or
ward with the election of Donald Trump. Now I
There are legitimate discussions over focused, maintaining a similar tone and place to use the microphone at the awards
know the AC won’t print this letter because of its
personal political opinions being offered at movements take after take, working at get- ceremony for a bully pulpit.”
liberal slant, but imagine if you will a football
public culture events, such as Meryl ting their performance just right. This criticism, no matter how well intend-
game (U.S. Citizens) hires a proven quarterback
Streep’s comments at last Sunday’s Golden Streep, while managing to nail every ed, still misses the point. Defending free
(Trump) from another team and half of the foot-
Globes ceremony. Many of those engaged in take, does so while still offering a somewhat speech requires one to most militantly ball team and fans are talking shit about him
participating in the current controversy defend those expressing the opinions with before he takes a snap! But he has a winning
claim that their concern is not content but which you most violently disagree. Free track record (Trump’s great businesses) but he
rather propriety and decorum, with their speech must be an absolute. As soon as you still gets shit BEFORE the game begins! We gave
special focus being on stars abusing their PAGE TWO start adding in “buts,” it becomes compro- Obama TWO chances (two terms) to win the
celebrity status. Unfortunately, the often mised. In this case, it is suggested that game and stop blaming the old quarterback
ugly tone and undisguised hostility of many BY being a celebrity Streep actually has less (Bush Jr.) for getting us behind in the game. Now
LOUIS BLACK
comments argues that this claim is just rights than other citizens. we need to give Trump a chance until he fumbles
subterfuge, the outrage actually driven by a Actually, when doing publicity for The the ball. He cannot do worse than Obama with
very partisan effort to limit free speech and Manchurian Candidate, she had already $10 trillion (interceptions) added on the deficit
(4th quarter). I bought my ticket (my vote) and
suppress progressive voices. This is made addressed this issue, saying “Yes, of course,
I’m willing to give this new quarterback a tryout.
so clear when conservatives such as Drew Defending free speech I always question why anyone would listen
I guess Mr. King wants the game rigged like the
Carey, Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Tom to an actor. But it’s not your profession so
requires one to most other team’s players tried to do! (Donna Brazile
Selleck, and Clint Eastwood express their much that defines you as your personhood.
and Hillary Clinton.) What is really sad is we’re
political views, the same community militantly defend those I listen to all kinds of people whose qualifi-
all on the same team! (Or supposed to be.)
responds with enthusiastic support rather expressing the opinions cations to opine on anything are that they Austin Teutsch
than indignation. have a radio show or a degree in art history.
Regardless, Meryl Streep is clearly with which you most Our most famous president of late was an
THE TRUE TEST OF INTEGRITY
among the greatest living actresses. Visiting violently disagree. Free actor. You don’t jettison your citizenship
the sets of The Manchurian Candidate and just because you’re famous.” Dear Editor,
speech must be an
Ricki and the Flash during filming, I’ve Many of those insisting that the current State Representative Dawnna Dukes is cor-
been lucky enough to have gotten to watch absolute. As soon as you outrage is driven by a deeply felt and genu- rupt and needs to resign effective immediately.
Streep at work. Immediately, it’s obvious as ine outrage over celebrities abusing their While the Texas Rangers seek an indictment of
start adding in “buts,” it
to why her performances are so consistently position are being at least somewhat dis- the 12-term legislator, the blinding appearance
brilliant. In almost every take she offers dif- becomes compromised. honest. Instead, that many are knowingly of impropriety alone merits a new voice for the
ferent variations of her character’s behav- participating in a petty partisan assault on underserved constituents of House District 46.
Long before reneging on her pledge to step
ior, yet stays faithful to the circumstances of different performance each time – and this free speech is so clearly indicated in how
down from office on Tuesday, she lost the trust
the scene, thus providing the director a done with such an overall consistency that casually they ignore that the soon-to-be
of those who depended on her leadership.
uniquely rich palette from which to edit. they all lend themselves to being easily president they support used his reality TV
Yet, the most frustrating part of this ongoing
In 2003 before going to the set in NYC edited together. These variations in her per- star celebrity not just to offer opinions but
story is not her abuses of power or her failure
where The Manchurian Candidate was formances come from a deep understand- run for president.
to simply show up to work. I am upset at my
filming, we watched dailies with director ing of the character she is playing, allowing Pointing out hypocrisy, this is still not an
Democratic leaders and other local elected offi-
Jonathan Demme. They consisted of five her to offer a range of different versions of effort to condemn or restrict any speech. As cials whose collective silence is complicit with
very long takes of the scene where Streep’s how they might act under the circumstanc- citizens all of us are entitled to our own her abuse.
character, championing her son’s candidacy, es, all clearly emanating from the same beliefs, even when outspoken in presenting
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dresses down party leaders. In each take, organic, fully perceived personality. them. There is no better way to state this
though in basic ways her performances Her Golden Globe speech – in which she than quoting Jean-Luc Godard’s rhetorical
were similar, she offered different bits of called out Trump for abuse of power and question: “How can I hate John Wayne LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must be signed with
physical business. While walking the room called on the Hollywood community to sup- upholding Goldwater and yet love him ten- full name and include daytime phone number,
full address, or email address. Letters should
talking, there was a different emphasis and port the free press – seemed more pained derly when abruptly he takes Natalie Wood
be no longer than 300 words.
phrasing to her delivery of the dialogue. and sincere than crafted. Even though she into his arms in the last reel of The We reserve the right to edit all submissions.
Each take remarkable, each different, yet was clearly speaking from her heart, this Searchers?” Letters may not be edited, added to, or
all easily cut together. did nothing to blunt the outrage of the How indeed? n changed by sender once we receive them.
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Democrats enjoyed field days with the abuse QUESTIONABLE CHOICES
MARCH 10–19, 2017 | AUSTIN, TEXAS of office charges against Governor Rick Perry,
securities fraud abuses of Attorney General Ken Dear Editor,
Paxton, and money laundering scandals of for- Enjoyed your reminiscing about some of the
mer Texas Congressman Tom DeLay. They open- more colorful folk connected to the state gov-
ly mocked other Republicans for having the gall ernment [“Scandalous,” News, Jan. 6] … but
to stand beside such corrupt political weasels. why U.S. Rep. Farenthold? He has no connec-
Now, Dawnna Dukes has thrown a wet blanket tion with the Legislature at all. And Tom DeLay
onto the fun. was only in the Lege for one term. There were
follow @sxsw JOIN YOUR FELLOW It is easy to call out the shameful acts of the others with a more direct connection that you
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session). She’s always demonstrated
CNN The dneopt tbhe o af Dsuurkpersis’e c rtohookuegdhn tehsast . sIht es hould a sense of entitlement, from the
1po needs to keep the power. It is almost moment she more or less inherited
int as intoxicating as the cash.” – glenn the seat from her mentor. She’s
8 venial and a time-server and if she
won’t step down she deserves to be
booted out and face whatever crimi-
nal charges are pending. I’m not at
all surprised her greedy machinations
ON DAWNNA DUKES
and me-first attitude have maybe
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the SXSW Conference showrunners D.B. Weiss Nile Rodgers set to STAYING IN OFFICE: caught up to her at last, and her con-
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as Featured Speakers. “Vela to Waffling Dukes: Go Now,” News, Jan. 9
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NEWS
QUOTE WEEK
of the
“I understand it’s tradition for the District 6
M member to interrupt the proceedings.”
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RC – Jimmy Flannigan at last Friday’s inauguration ceremony at City Council, jabbing
BI at his D6 predecessor Don Zimmerman’s propensity for getting in the way
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HEADLINES
CITY COUNCIL HANDLES
prep and update
work this week, with two workshops at UT’s AT&T
center and a session on CodeNEXT public outreach
Wednesday afternoon. See “Whole Lotta Process to
Process,” p.14.
TEXAS GUN SENSE
held a series of special
events Wednesday at the Capitol and elsewhere to
educate legislators and others about the ongoing
threat of irresponsible gun use and gun violence.
Speakers included state Sens. José Rodríguez and
José Menéndez, Rep. Joe Moody, and Austin Rep.
Gina Hinojosa. More information at
www.txgunsense.org.
TRAVIS COUNTY REPORTED
its first case of
congenital Zika virus in an infant on Jan. 4. The
case is likely not locally contracted, says Austin
Public Health, rather derived from a mother who
emigrated from Central America in August. All 20 Texas’ 85th Legislature opened session Tuesday,
residents that tested positive for Zika in Travis and locally, all eyes and ears were on Dawnna
Dukes, D-Pflugerville. The state rep had announced
County suffer from travel-associated infections.
months ago that she would resign on the first day
Nearly 300 cases of the illness have been reported
of this session, but shocked the state Saturday
in Texas so far. when news broke that she would instead serve her
House District 46 constituents through the five-
LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK
said this week he month session. Dukes was in and out of opening day
will run for re-election in 2018 and not try to unseat proceedings. Later that afternoon, Travis County
Gov. Greg Abbott, so long as his “conservative N District Attorney Margaret Moore announced that
partner” holds the office. The right-wing former RSO she plans to take charges that Dukes abused her
E power in office to a grand jury next Tuesday.
radio host has held his current post since 2015. D
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THE AMERICAN PHOENIX Foundation, the JOH
right-wing group that tried to secretly film Texas
Keeping Hope Alive
lawmakers last session, is to be shut down under
orders of District Judge Suzanne Covington. The
group was founded by Joe Basel, who’s infamous
for trying to hide a camera in Louisiana Senator
OBAMA AND DOGGETT ON OUR RENEWED RESPONSIBILITIES
Mary Landrieu’s office in 2010.
“Show up, dive in, stay at it.” collective responsibility to keep working lating longtime U.S. precedent by directly
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– President Barack Obama, hard for progressive change, under difficult contacting the Taiwanese government] –
much-anticipated Plaza Saltillo Transit Oriented
in his Jan. 10 farewell speech conditions. He acknowledged the serious there’s the possibility that he’ll react to
District proposal hit the Planning Commission
Considering our current national predica- dangers represented by Trumpism, but some insult from North Korea, and drag us
Tuesday, with Endeavor now proposing both more
ment, it’s not clear whether to weep, or to argued, “I think my pressure-point respon- into a conflict that good judgment would
height, and less affordable housing, than were
laugh to keep from crying. Tears were flow- sibility here, at the moment, is to keep hope not have led us into. I am concerned … that
reported to be in their proposal when it won a com-
ing for Pres ident Obama’s alive – making our neighbors his policies and comments with regard to
petitive bidding process in 2014. PC passed the
moving farewell oration aware that we can’t give up [Russian President Vladimir] Putin could
plan on to City Council with several suggested
Tuesday night, but followed on our democracy, that we encourage Putin to engage in activities that
amendments, on a split vote. Wed nes day morning by POINT have to stay involved, par- really do get us involved in conflicts.”
THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Donald Trump’s incoherent AUSTIN ticipating, and presenting Doggett said he’s concerned that Trump’s
press conference, cynical alternatives. That’s much of continuing deference to Putin could encour-
announced Friday that its owners, members of the horse-laughs might seem BY what I’ll be about here in age more Russian “adventurism” in Ukraine
Cox family who purchased the paper from Cox the order of the day. Obama MICHAEL Congress, much of what I’ll or the Baltic states. “Getting through the
Enterprises in Dec. 2015, have entered into an reiterated his resistance to KING be about, there at home.” next four years without a major interna-
agreement with Endeavor to redevelop the tract the latter impulse, but dur- Asked what he considers tional incident is worrisome.”
where the newspaper plant now sits, at the south ing the next four years, most worrisome of Trump’s
end of the Congress Avenue Bridge. The tract is a laughter will undeniably be inclinations, Doggett point- DEFENDING OBAMACARE
centerpiece of the South Central Waterfront Plan a refuge. ed to his simultaneous igno- In the shorter term, the Trump regime
developed over some years in conjunction with the Nevertheless, it’s not a luxury we can rance of international affairs and his reflex- has begun with a direct attack on health
EPA and passed by City Council with much fanfare indulge very often. Earlier this week, I ive belligerence. “In addition to him doing care, specifically the determination to
last summer. The project’s attorney Richard Suttle talked with Congressman Lloyd Doggett, something ill-considered,” Doggett said, “as “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care
called that plan a “good starting point,” but told and like the president, he insisted on our he did in relation to Taiwan and China [vio-
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the daily of the development plan: “It’ll be a long
process of evaluating and planning.”
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