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Due to the bizarre meta nature of topic discussions on this board, discussing OU for the 2025 football season, like those before it, has become a bizarre exercise in either posting on the OU recruiting thread or the football board "Tell me about OU" thread, neither of which actually wind up satisfying the purpose of staying updated on the team. This is a similar phenomenon for every other team any of us would give a shit about besides Texas itself. Given that, I decided to start a new thread for the express purpose of tracking 2025 itself for OU. I'll post my preseason thoughts here, and then I, and hopefully others, can provide updates towards and into the season when there's something new regarding the OU team. Will I be the only person tracking this thread and wind up posting to myself in an echo chamber? Wouldn't be the first time. Still, it's our arch rival and I get tired of trying parse signal from noise in other threads when it comes to their team. In regard to their outlook for 2025 as of 5/20/25, here are my thoughts, offense first: Offense: QB: QB1 John Mateer (JR); QB2 Michael Hawkins (Soph) - Outside of QB1 and QB2, they have a true freshman that they absolutely cannot play, so they brought in a dude from ... Mercer at the last minute. They are really thin here. Luckily, Michigan and the SEC aren't known for playing big, angry defenses that can hurt QBs. Mateer can kick the shit out of some midgets, stacking big numbers against terrible defenses. Wazzou ranked 100th in the strength of defenses faced metric. He struggled against Tech and UW and tends to have brain fart games passing where he struggles to complete 50% of his passes. OU thinks he's the next Baker Mayfield, even with idiots in their media pool hinting at that notion. When has OU ever created undue hype for a newcomer, though? We all watched Hawkins take a heaving dump on the field multiple times last year. If he's "the future", as Kirk Herbstreit and guys like Chris Plank have argued, the future looks like something requiring the help of an adult John Connor. RB: RB1 Jadyn Ott (SR); RB2 Javontae Barnes (SR); Taylor Tatum (Soph) - In a dominating theme for the Venables OU regime, OU lost a 5 star, this time at RB, that they'd failed to really develop - Gavin Sawchuk. That dude is now at FSU where I assume Pete Thamel will, on Gameday just before the FSU opener against Bama, breathlessly claim that he's quietly being viewed as the next 1st round RB draft pick by "many NFL scouts off the record". I digressed, maybe. Anyway, Ott was lured into the portal by Jim Nagy without even discussing matters with RB Coach Demarco Murray or, allegedly, Brent Venables himself. They immediately declared him RB1 while ignoring the fact that he's not on campus yet. That should say a lot to Barnes, who must agree since he decided to stay put. Ott took a lot of bullets for Cal in 2023 while putting up just over 1300 yards at 5.3ypc. He got hurt early in 2024 and when he came back, didn't look like his former self, averaging just 3.3ypc on the season. Dude has caught 49 passes over the past 2 years and can be a weapon out of the backfield, should the OC actually decide to use RBs in the passing game. If the guy is 2023 Ott, OU got a good one. If he's still broken down, and with Jerry Schmidt conditioning and Venables' penchant for violent practices, this is where I lean, then OU blew good money on a broken mule. Barnes is another classic Venables okie player. He's actively failing as a former 5 star who is also a talented midget-puncher. The guy rushed for almost 600 yards last year with 5 tds on the ground at 4.7ypc. Not bad for a 2nd string RB, you might say. Well, more than 1/3 of the yards production came against Maine. That game also accounted for 11.3ypc and 60% of the guys rushing TDs. He was a nonentity against quality opponents, including Texas. Keep an eye on Taylor Tatum, as he may well be another OU 5 star bust. "The top rated running back recruit in the nation" was stated repeatedly by announcers every time he'd enter the game. He beat the shit out of ... Temple when he got carries in game 1. He became irrelevant not long after that game. He didn't pass block, he can't catch, and he has bigger fumbling problems than Jaydon Blue (4 fumbles/3 lost fumbles in 61 total touches). He remains buried on the depth chart. He also had concussion issues in 2024, so that's something to monitor this year as well. TE: TE1 Will Huggins (SR); TE2 Carson Kent (JR); TE3 Kaden Helms (JR); TE4 Jaren Kanak (SR) - OU can't figure out the TE position and hasn't had one worth a shit since the Riley era. They lost their most productive receiver and starting TE, Bauer Sharp, to LSU in the portal. That sounds worse than it is, because that guy sucked and couldn't block a soul. Venables followed the Tom Herman "I'm clueless on personnel management" model and decided that he'd just throw bodies at the problem, irrespective of whether those bodies could even fog a mirror. OU has 7! TEs on the roster in an offense that targeted the TE last year at Washington State less than 30 times on the season. Huggins is a giant human at 6'6", 265. He's a transfer from the legendary Pittsburg State (Kansas), home of Dennis "Little Debbie" Franchione. The OU talkers project this guy as a starter who will largely be used in blocking. Carson Kent is from Smallville, Kansas and, much like Craig Christ, will forever be overshadowed by his far more famous older brother. Outside of that, he's a transfer from the revered power, Kennesaw State, and had 18 catches for that juggernaut. The third guy might as well be named Bob. Fun note on Jaren Kanak is that this is his lost stop on his own failure tour, signing with Venables' first class as a highly rated 4 star LB who OU honks were immediately proclaiming to be the next great OU Linebacker. Strong work. Here's a hagiographic article at the time of Kanak's arrival to OU where Venables and the Kanak's go absurdly out of their way to claim that Venables didn't just swipe Kanak from the Clemson class as he left town. They do everything but sob and swear on a stack of bibles. WR-X: WR1 Zion Kearney (Soph); WR2 Ivan Carreon (Soph); WR3 Josiah Martin; WR1A Javonnie Gibson - Sooner talking heads began hyping UAPB transfer Gibson almost as soon as he stepped on campus. He's a FSC All American and put up big numbers last season with elite speed. Then Venables had his leg broken in half during a full contact scrimmage during the spring period and he may not be ready to play, if at all, until mid-2025. So then they're left with Bob Kearney, Ted Carreon and Tom Martin. 3 JAGgers who have never jagged harder than they are jagging right now. Actually, Martin is a transfer from Cal and flashed as a Freshman there last year, so maybe he sneaks up as the next guy sooners can fellate at WR in public. WR-Z: WR1 Keontez Lewis (SR); WR2 Zion Ragins (Soph); WR3 Elijah "The Prophet" Thomas (FR); WR4 Jer'Michael Carter (Soph); WR1A Jayden Gibson (JR) - The sooners would desperately like to have the 2023 version of Jayden Gibson back on their roster for 2025. Unfortunately for OU, 2024 Gibson was punished for being yet another guy named "Jayden" and God provided for him to have a triad blowout in one of his knees accordingly. The dude wasn't available in the spring and many of the talking heads and insiders at OU are conceding that he may never play again after he blew the same knee out again in prep for the 2025 season, allegedly. Lewis is from Southern Illinois and his numbers there were solid in FCS, but he couldn't find the field in prior stops at Wisconsin and UCLA. Ragins also looked like a FCS player last season. Thomas is being hailed as "special", which is a word that okies use when referring to people in a different manner than the rest of us. Carter is from McNeese State, hasn't gotten to campus yet, and they're projecting him to leapfrog everyone and be the starter after arrival. There are numerous dogshit positions on the OU roster, but this one might be worse than any besides TE. WR-Y: WR1 Deion Burks (SR); WR2 Isaiah Sategna (JR); WR3 Jordan Jacob (Soph) - Burks was heralded last offseason and going into the year as The Next Great OU Wide Receiver. He then caught 3 tds against Temple and the OU media shit itself in glee over this rare find from Purdue. Then the guy averaged fewer than 8ypc, never scored another td, suffered a lower leg injury and basically quit on the team. They begged him back on the field later in the season, he promptly got a concussion and never played again. Nagy showed up and moneywhipped this mediocrity to stay. He returns this cycle as a starter and the honking about his skills has freshly started again. Sategna was a similar player to Burks, only at Arkansas last year. For an alleged "burner", the guy averaged 13.3ypc and scored 1 touchdown all season. Jacob is another guy who showed up reeking of mediocrity and averaged fewer than 9ypc in mop up duty. Overall, the OU WR and TE rooms are as low quality as anyone will find in the SEC. I'm not saying there might not be 1 or 2 on the same level of putrid, but none of the ones that I've looked at so far fit that description. Vandy has an early draft pick at TE in Stowers. Texas? Right. Bama? Georgia? Florida? ATM even has Conception and Craver. Someone should go down the list of the other schools and see if there's one in which they'd prefer OU as the option. A live look-in at Venables examining his WR and TE rooms: LT: LT1 Logan Howland (Soph); LT2 Jacob Sexton (SR); LT3 Michael Fasusi (FR) - Sexton started off 2024 as the starter at LT for OU, then was so putrid that they moved him to LG following the Temple start. He stayed at LG until injury forced him back to LT before falling to injury himself, forcing the okies to start Howland the last 5 games. The one thing that can be said about Howland is that he's not Jacob Sexton. Bill Bedenbaugh has a reputation both as a probable pederast and terrific developer of OL talent. Consensus former 4 star Jacob Sexton questions that second thought. Fasusi allegedly "flashed" in the spring, yet OU commentators stated that, should Fasusi have to play early, they're in trouble. Also, Howland missed the spring after getting labrum surgery. No worries there, as the shoulder isn't important at all when it comes to quality OL technique and physicality. LG: LG1 Heath Ozaeta (Soph); LG2 Daniel Akinkunmi (Soph); LG3 Sean Hutton (FR) - Ozaeta became the starter for 8 games last year as the OU OL was decimated with injuries. He was not good (456th ranked G out of 639 OGs nationally per PFF) during that period and helped OU lead the FBS in sacks allowed, with 50 total. He missed the spring for labrum surgery as well, but is still projected as the starter. I will not pretend to know anything about the OU LG backup guards. C : C1 Troy Everett (SR); C2 Jake Maikkula (SR); C3 Owen Hollenbeck (FR) - Everett started the last half+ of the season last year at C and was functional (95th rated C out of 301 graded nationally). They're happy to have him back. Maikkula was a starter at Stanford who transferred this spring and he was terrible last year (232nd out of 301). Of all of the OL positions, C sadly looks best for OU from my perspective. RG: RG1 Fibechi Nwaiwu (SR); RG2 Eddy Pierre-Louis (FR); RG3 Ryan Fodje (FR) - Nwaiwu is the OU media's favorite OL for some reason (dude graded at 401 out of 639 OGs). I don't get it. The guy was a penalty machine and he made numerous errors in assignment throughout the season. He's back for more false starts and buffoonery in the running game. The only thing I know about the back-ups are that Pierre-Louis probably is fluent in French or Creole and Fodje was highly rated. RT: RT1 Derek Simmons (SR); RT2 Jake Taylor (JR); RT3 Luke Baklenko (JR) - Simmons is a transfer from Western Carolina. The guy showed up and immediately beat out Jake Taylor, mostly due to Taylor's knees being shot due to years of hard drinking and playing catcher. Baklenko has links to the Russian mob and is a transferring starter from Stanford. The guy had PFF grades in the low 50's as a starting T at Stanford and was allegedly pushed out of the program after being caught trying to extort the towel boy for protection in the locker room from Troy Taylor and the kickers. Not even OU honks are bullish on this position. What every Sooner OL sees in their nightmares and skull sessions: Offensive Coaching: Venables pushed Joe Jon Finley back to just TE and meth cooking duties, where he belongs. He then went and hired a package deal from Wazzou in QB John Mateer and OC Fatty Arbuckle. The combo hit it off at WSU, putting up big passing numbers and Mateer being a terrific running QB as part of the package. Arbuckle's offense isn't much for throwing to the TEs or backs, focusing on the QB:WR relationships. OU writers view Mateer as the steal of the portal this cycle and the program is betting on the duo offensively for survival. I expect Arbuckle to treat Venables's program like an aspiring actress, raping it for pleasure and then leaving it for dead. Michigan and the SEC won't hit as weakly as SJSU, Oregon State, Portland State, and the bevy of other trash that these idiots abused last season at Washington State. Arbuckle is 29. He put together a terrific offense at WKU in 2022 and parlayed that into the Wazzou gig in 2023. He coached Cam Ward and compiled another good season of stats. WSU started off on fire on offense and went 4-0. Once deeper into league play against quality defense, they proceeded to go 1-7, with the lone win being against a hapless CU late in November. The guy doesn't run straight Air Raid, RPO or West Coast, but rather steals from all 3 concepts and throws deep a lot. WSU last was aggressive with their use of planned run plays for Mateer. If Fatty uses Mateer like this against the OU 2025 schedule, Mateer's health could be in question by Red River. I'll add some posts from their writers on the offensive side below. I'll add defense, special teams and schedule thoughts later. Anyone seeing news about OU's roster or prospects for 2025 in football, feel free to pile on here, or add your own thoughts as well.18 points
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Tornadoes in elbert county, colorardo. While elbert county reflects on why they didnβt receive alerts on their phone, letβs check in on how elbert county voted. 74% for the administration thatβs dismantling the national weather service. Good job, dumbfucks. Not anymore, Cary. Weβre back to sniffing dirt again and making america great again.16 points
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Golly, I just can't figure out why some Black South Africans might have a problem with white people.13 points
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Only 47% of "Conservatives" and only 44% of Republicans support the fucking right to Habeas Corpus? How can taking the radical position that one of the foundational rights of our legal system that predates the United States by centuries should not be supported be a Conservative position? I don't understand what the term means anymore. Is there anything so radical that it cannot be considered "Conservative"? And I hate this country. How can only 60% of the people support the right to Habeas Corpus. Land of the slaves and home of the sheep. Granted 24% just don't know what it is. That's fair.12 points
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I reserve my judgment until I see how many scooter riders are hit by the Tesla robotaxis.12 points
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More on this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2025/05/13/jbs-meatpacking-history-of-bribery-prepares-ipo-batista-brothers-joesley-batista-wesley-batista/ Joesley and Wesley Batista, the billionaire brothers behind JBS, went to jail after paying off more than 1,800 politicians in their native Brazil and have struggled to launch a public offering in the U.S. But after one of their companies donated $5 million to Donald Trumpβs second inaugural, their SEC troubles miraculously disappeared.11 points
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Get fucked, dumbass. I love that Trump will ruin this stupid cunt.11 points
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That won't work. As you know, water flows down from the top of the map to the bottom. Can't get water to go from bottom to top.11 points
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She's representing the popular views of the entire Republican Party of the state of Texas, she's gerrymandered into a Ruby Red district in the Texas Hill Country, and she will always be re-elected. If she's not, someone further right will have pushed her out of office. You're yelling into the abyss, no one in power in Texas actually cares about the needs of it's citizens.11 points
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Gerry Hamilton Few team notes picked up recently: The freshmen Have spoken with a few people the last couple of weeks with spring ball having concluded. Here is what I picked up along the way. 1. OTF had already mentioned that the staff really likes both freshmen DT's - Myron Charles and Josiah Sharma. Sharma's name came up again late last week as having a very high-ceiling. 2. Don't sleep on running back James Simon. He was very impressive this spring. Three down back ability. 3. A source called Nick Brooks a "future 1st round draft pick". 4. Lance Jackson was mentioned again. The size and athleticism combo is one thing, but he answered the bell in terms of physicality. Justus Terry is seen as similar and Texas loves him, but is not the same in terms on NFL Combine testing numbers as Jackson. 5. Cornerback Kade Phillips upside was mentioned once again. Possesses high NFL draft pick potential. 6. Nickel Graceson Littleton has high-end quickness and closing speed. That was seen on the field in high school, and known when he signed with Texas. But his ability to learn and take it to the next rep and field early on really impressed. 7. Was told QB KJ Lacey was very impressive this spring. Ability to learn quickly, react quickly and see the field with much bigger lineman in his peripheral impressed. 8. Tight end Emaree Winston was mentioned again. Ball skills in the passing game. A willing, physical blocker in the run game. 9. Was told for a second time that safety Zelus Hicks was impressing prior to a minor tweak that limited him for part of the spring. Other notes... Kobe Black had a quality second half of the spring. He made key strides, and that presents possibilities of Jaylon Guilbeau playing nickel if that's what the staff deems best. Alex January had a very good spring. On track to be an NFL prospect. Daniel Cruz is on track to be a very good center at Texas. Continues to receive praise behind the scenes.11 points
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Will these taxiβs spend the whole ride lecturing passengers on the horrors of white genocide?11 points
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You would think at least a couple of the 5000 lawyers on this board would recognize this as an opportunity to get their dick sucked.11 points
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I just hope I live my life in a way such that when I get the news that I'm at death's door, I won't need to recant most of my prior opinions.11 points
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I like how exactly the posters you'd expect to do this are pretending that everything we know we also knew in March/April 2020.10 points
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Until now I didn't have hard evidence, but now there's no convincing me otherwise: the NFL is just as corrupt as the NBA and the SEC, and they want to be in bed with the money handlers at TU. Yeah, I'm sure it's PURE coincidence the NFL draft worked out for Green Bay to conveniently land Golden, just as Texas is recruiting Finley. Everyone knows Finley's top choice is Notre Dame, a midwest school with genuine Catholic, American values. No shock the Sips are calling all their friends (including Goodell) to trick Finley into abandoning his first love and following the skank down the street. She will chew you up and spit you out, my man. This is personal for me. I've been a loyal NFL combine and NFL draft watcher since my great uncle Terry put me up on his shoulders so I could watch John Roper run drills at the 1989 combine. But what I saw this year sickened me, and I had no choice but to take a deep breath, gently turn off the TV, and find something more deserving of my hard earned time and money. NFL is never getting another DIME from me. The free marketing for the TU defensive end -- a 4th round pick! -- as he walked to the podium and bear hugged by Goodell (or should I say, Bad-ell). What other 4th round pick IN THE HISTORY OF THE DRAFT got the red carpet treatment? /texags10 points
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Iβm old enough to remember when βconservativesβ were spreading conspiracy theories that Obama was planning to get rid of habeas corpus and Jade Helm Americans in abandoned Walmarts in Midland or some other stupid shit about Bastropo.10 points
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Contrarian egotistic intellectually stunted motherfuckers like @Anastasis want to circle back and criticize US policy in fighting a pandemic that killed 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ALONE and yet offer absolutely nothing of substance that would have helped in real time. Typical.9 points
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My first thread on CR is directed at State Representative Carrie Isaac. She is the poster child for putting business over people and needs to hear from the people she was elected to represent, and from the people that are most affected by her "leadership." Capitol Address: Room E1.306, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768 District Address: 137 Fredericksburg Rd., New Braunfels, TX 78130, (830) 730-6248 Contact link: Texas Rep - Carrie Isaac My personal view on this is grounded in the simple fact that Central Texas does not have adequate water resources, and those finite resources need to be addressed now. I drilled a new 400+ ft water well in May 2022 (to replace a natural spring that went dry), and within a year, the well went dry and the pump was lowered 40 ' to reestablish the water supply. Every time I go to the ranch, I drive by the Water Park recently built west of Bandera, that is probably the primary reason my new well went dry. This well draws from the Trinity Aquifer, the primary supply of water for the I-35 corridor from Oklahoma to South Texas, including Austin and Central Texas. Carrie disagrees that water resources are finite, and is in favor of unlimited pumping of groundwater. She introduced House Bill 2812 that seeks to exclude public water supply wells from the regulatory oversight of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Public wells would not be subject to the districtβs monitoring, permitting processes or metering requirements. This Bill is a direct response to the over pumping of groundwater, well in excess of the permitted amount, in Hays County that resulted in Jacob's Well, in addition to many private wells, going dry. Envision Barton Springs, and Hamilton Pool and every spring fed water resource and swimming hole in Central Texas going dry. Two water bills could have far-reaching impacts Teresa Kendrick Managing Editor - 03/26/2025 08:00 AM Two Texas bills, Senate Bill 2660 and House Bill 2812, filed within the last two months, could have far-reaching impacts on the future of water in Hays County and the Wimberley Valley. Introduced last month by Republican Representative Carrie Isaac, is House Bill 2812 that seeks to exclude public water supply wells from the regulatory oversight of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Public wells would not be subject to the districtβs monitoring, permitting processes or metering requirements. The new provision would specifically exclude public water supply wells from the Districtβs regulatory oversight. Currently, wells producing less than 25,000 gallons per day and used for domestic purposes by single private residential households and wells used for conventional farming and ranching activities, are not subject to Districtβs monitoring. The bill, if passed, is set to take effect on September 1. It is currently before the Natural Resources Committee. βThis would be a disaster for the springs that feed Jacobβs Well and other regional water sources,β said Executive Director David Baker of the Watershed Association. βIt takes all the controls off of managing groundwater resources. It is pro Aqua Texas and anti-groundwater conservation. We hope she withdraws this bill.β Representative Carrie Isaac in a response to the Wimberley View said, βI have been fighting against overreach from the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) since 2019. Their ongoing efforts to regulate beyond reasonβ including denying permits to water providers, proposing new fees, metering private wells, and even seeking to pay their director with public fundsβrepresent an unacceptable threat to property rights and water access in Hays County.β To read the rest of her response, see below. When asked what the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District thought about H.B. 2812, Charlie Flatten, General Manager, said, βWe have no comment.β Introduced this month in the Senate by Republican Charles Perry, the Chair of the Senate Water and Rural Affairs Committee, is Senate Bill 2660, that also relates to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. In this bill, it authorizes the Conservation District to place all public water supply wells and commercial wells in Hays County under the same groundwater production fee structure authorized by the legislature in the 2023 session for the Barton Springs district in the eastern half of Hays County. When asked about SB 2660, Flatten said, βSB 2660 provides the tools needed to protect private and permitted water wells from predatory drillers without harming the rights of existing well owners. The District thanks Senator Perry and the Hays County community for its widespread support for SB 2660.β According to Flatten, Senator Perry authored and filed SB 2660 to provide western Hays Countyβs water well owners the same standard protections enjoyed by landowners in groundwater conservation districts across the rest of the state. Groundwater conservation districts have been created in many parts of Texas to allow local citizens to manage and protect their groundwater. In 2001, local citizens created the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Like every other groundwater conservation district in Texas, it is charged with preserving, conserving and protecting the public and private water wells that the community relies on. It is also charged with enforcing the Texas Water Code and protecting natural treasures that rely on healthy aquifers. The Districtβs creation was successful but, according to Flatten, βwas limited by powerful special interests that successfully inserted language to protect their interests over local private property rights. The result has been a District that does not have the tools or funding as every other District in the state. It also has contributed to the low flows that our springs and rivers are experiencing.β Full statement from Rep. Carrie Isaac "I have been fighting against overreach from the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) since 2019. Their ongoing efforts to regulate beyond reasonβ including denying permits to water providers, proposing new fees, metering private wells, and even seeking to pay their director with public fundsβrepresent an unacceptable threat to property rights and water access in Hays County. Thatβs why I filed House Bill 2812, which removes HTGCDβs authority over water providers already regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). These providers are fully accountable to the PUC, which ensures responsible service, guards against price gouging, and protects consumers. Denying them permits doesnβt just create bureaucratic chaosβ it risks cutting off water to thousands of families and businesses. That is not a solution. I support legislation to strengthen infrastructure, including desalination and brackish water developmentβcritical steps toward long-term water security. In contrast, the HTGCD through Senate Bill 2660 would expand their power to levy new groundwater production feesβup to 38 cents per 1,000 gallonsβon private well owners. It also repeals critical safeguards in state law that currently protect domestic and agricultural wells from metering, permit requirements, and property inspections without consent. These are unnecessary and invasive measures that I strongly oppose. As a founding member of the Texas House Water Caucus I remain focused on real water solutions and have filed numerous pieces of legislation addressing our water issues. Access to water is not a luxuryβitβs a necessity. I will continue to defend our water supply, protect property rights, and oppose unnecessary government overreach. Hays County families deserve solutionsβnot threats to their water." β Rep. Carrie Isaac MARCH 13, 2025 DATA FROM DROUGHT. GOV SHOWS THAT HAYS COUNTY, SHOWN BY THE βDROPPED PINβ INDICATOR, IS EXPERIENCING EXTREME DROUGHT. SUBMITTED GRAPHIC9 points
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Error - no one accused anyone of dining out and killing grandmas in 2022 I do recall a prominent state politician saying we needed to sacrifice grandma and grandpa for our freedoms9 points
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