Column: even watch small teams in Texas policy. Sometimes the tectonic movements follow

Waskom, Texas, is an ancient railway city of around 2,000 nests halfway between Dallas and Shreveport, in Louisiana. According to the city's website, Waskom became an important player in East-West America in the 1880s because JM Waskom, a Director of Southern Pacific Railroad, “paved the way for East Texas”. This is largely as Waskom obtained the nickname “Gateway to Texas”.

In 2019, Waskom adopted a new nickname, “Sanctuary City for the under”, after a entirely male municipal council voted to make Waskom the first municipality in America to prohibit abortion since the Roe vs Wade decision in 1973. Versions of the “sanctuary city of Waskom for birth” The order quickly spread At more than 70 municipalities in a handful of states, because the Supreme Court was preparing to hear arguments on the case which would eventually lead to the reversal of Roe.

The railroad was planned. The legal assault on breeding care was planned. The two proved to be part of the tectonic changes in society. So, although everything is bigger in Texas, do not neglect the little things that happen in the Lone Star State. Recent history suggests that it is the little things that will have the greatest impact.

Last month, a driver -free truck developed by an autonomous vehicle company in Pittsburgh makes its first delivery – Pastries Frozen between Houston and Dallas. Jeen of round trip which is around 500 miles or almost an eight-hour working day for a truck driver. The company plans to extend the freight operations to El Paso and Phoenix in time for the holidays. There are similar companies based in Texas which plan to reveal driver -free freight options to include San Antonio.

The future is now.

And just like an anti-abortion prescription of a small city in Texas has become a much more important movement on a national scale, a driverless truck depositing frozen bakery products in Dallas is a sign of something much more important for the rest of the country.

The pricing policies of the administration would have inaugurated a drop in port traffic, by endangering trucking jobs and by Docker in the process. A recent study revealed a drop of 1% in freight traffic in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could threaten. However, what will completely eliminate these positions is the kind of automation that quietly reached Texas roads at the end of April.

Keep an eye on the little things. Without long -term planning of consequences – or in these cases, even short -term planning – the effects can be catastrophic.

I wonder if the administration discusses the new displaced skills of workers in the logistics industry will have to be employable in the future. Or will local officials be forced to place it as we did immediately after Roe is canceled? Remember that some states have started to go back to Orders of the 1800s Prohibit reproduction care without even adopting new legislation.

Without design and public funding to recycle American workers, the negative effects of prices and automation on employment should quickly exceed societal advantages (if there are any). It would be a small thing to do skills training a priority in certain communities at the moment of history, but the effects could be important – prevent a disaster.

There is a danger to neglect these opportunities. We saw a result in a recent election at 250 miles south of Waskom, in the suburbs of Houston in Katy, one of the fastest cities in the state. In the independent school district of Katy, the leaders have their hands full who simply try to follow growth and serve the growing number of students, projected to reach 100,000 by 2028.

However, during the recent campaign, the chairman of the outgoing board of directors focused on the ban on transgender athletes and other conservative discussion points. His opponent, an educator and a school administrator for three decades, focused on what teachers need to support the growing population. Do you not know, the candidate who really wanted to solve long-term problems in the district won. In fact, a number of teaching candidates in Texas won seats in last week elections On the school councils previously held by people responsible for the ban on books and others.

It should be noted that the voters of the conservative pockets of the State want leaders more focused on solutions than on slogans. I know that it is not significant on a national scale, but given the history of little things in Texas, this trend gives me hope.

@Lzgranderson