Usually we delight in local stories that get national and world-wide attention. However, the media attention a new minor elected official is gathering, after fooling a predominantly African American district into electing him to a seat on the HCC board, is a very dismaying. And with a racially tinged court battle still looming over Texas Voter ID laws, one wonders what Texas’s national and international reputation will be for the near future. (Video: KHOU 11 News)
ORIGINAL STORY:
White guy wins after leading voters to believe he’s black (KHOU 11 News)
