The Texas Observer, February 10th, 2006
"This is the prettiest little county in the state. Anybody power-mad up here is sick in the head."
As Troyce Ellisor talked, it was hard to argue with his words. We were sitting in a park on the bank of the Trinity River, gazing across the gently rolling countryside and imposing pine trees of San Jacinto County. Ellisor was giving me the low-down on the civil war roiling this tiny tucked-away county of 22,000 people that lies 60 miles northeast of Houston up along State Highway 59. The county's elected officials and their fervent supporters have split into two rival factions. For the past thr...
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