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Elaine Brooks has gone almost four years without her daughter, and still the pain and grief are fresh in her mind.
Lisa Torry Smith was killed, and her six-year-old son severely injured, when the driver of a car struck them in a crosswalk while she was walking him to school in October 2017.
âIt happens when you least expect it,â said Brooks, Smithâs mother. âThatâs why a sudden death like that is so hard to get your arms around, and deal with. You donât ever really deal with it. You continue to grieve, for years.â
Smithâs family and friends secured a measure of solace in the Texas Legislature this year. A new law, known as the Lisa Torry Smith Act, is set to go into effect Sept. 1.
When I first started covering local politics almost a decade ago, I had this thought that they were inherently less partisan than much of the national conversation.
While national political figures argued about the major culture clashes of the day, the work of local leaders was decidedly less sexy, my thinking went. Whereas a U.S. Senator might become famous largely through criticizing the opposition party, those in municipal government had to make decisions about issues that provided no easy Democratic or Republican answers.
Where should we place this road? How should we address neighborhood flooding concerns? The work of local government is essential, but in a more grassroots manner. A Democrat and a Republican could conceivably agree on how to address some of the biggest issues in a way that seems impossible in Washington D.C. these days.