I spent some time in the Travis County Commissioner's court this morning.
Of greatest import was a justified complaint from a woman who owns and operates a farm in West Travis County along with several other families. At present, plans are in the works to surround their property on three sides with privately owned solar farms.
The immediate, primary material concern is the rising of ambient temperatures surrounding the solar farm by around 20 degrees. The deleterious effects of this temperature change on farming and on general livability cannot be overstated.
Of yet more pressing import is the fact that the County Commissioners, the proper representative body of these unincorporated citizens, have no rights over land use. Thus, the primary political right, the right over the lands within your political community, is withheld from citizens in unincorporated sections of Texas.
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