To my fellow Texans… I’ll keep this short. After much reflection – and having exhausted all other legislative approaches - I have chosen the last-resort option to break quorum, put an end to the corrupt special session, and stymie the Governor’s race to rig the congressional maps.

Let’s be clear, by setting this agenda, Greg Abbott – along with Dan Patrick and Dustin Burrows – have shown that they consider Donald Trump’s partisan power grab to be more important than protecting the citizens of Texas. One suspects that if the recent flooding had damaged one of Trump’s border walls, we’d already have funding for improved flood mitigation systems along the Rio Grande. But instead, the residents of Kerr, Travis, Kendall and other central Texas counties are told they’ll have to wait.

It is unclear how this stand-off will be resolved. But I hope that, at the very least, we can slow down their attempt to rush through redistricting with no regard for public input or even legislative debate. It gives you time to contact Gov. Abbott and your representatives in the Texas House and Senate and tell them you oppose redistricting. We can hope that such an outpouring of public opinion will remind the Governor where his priorities should lie.