Texas mayor says he had already resigned after writing 'only the strong will survive' amid cold...

[DonViejo]

Texas mayor says he had already resigned after writing ‘only the strong will survive’ amid cold, power outages

Tim Boyd says he wrote the Facebook message as a private citizen, not the mayor of Colorado City.

By Tom Steele

9:15 PM on Feb 16, 2021 CST

The mayor of a West Texas town said Tuesday that he had already resigned after he was widely condemned for writing on Facebook that people suffering in the cold without power shouldn’t look to their local governments for help.

Tim Boyd, who was mayor of Colorado City, made his original, typo-ridden post Tuesday morning, writing that “no one owes you are your family anything; nor is it the local government’s responsibility to support you during trying times like this! … The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!”

Boyd continued at length, saying that he was “sick and tired” of people looking for handouts and that the current situation is “sadly a product of a socialist government.” “Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish,” he wrote.

The post is no longer available, but numerous screenshots show it and a follow-up post he made several hours later in which he said he stood by the sentiments in his first missive but would have either kept his mouth shut or phrased his message better if he could do things over.

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[Kid Berwyn]

1. "The weak will parish."

Guy must read Nietzsche.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

2. He

He should be reading Hooked on Phonics.

[samnsara]

3. was he elected? In our small town the mayors are on rotation from the city commisioners..

...which are elected..

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Alright. I have an issue with this private vs. public figure excuse.

It's an excuse that comes up in areas where you have the two forms of government running side by side. One form of government is the one we all know, the other involves private meetings held by movers and shakers in the shadow government.

In the nineties we had a mayor, who came in with reckless intent, to take on a private business owner. He won the election in November, and a day later, he showed up at a City Commission meeting to launch the first volley against his opponent. The first thing he said was that he was showing up as a private citizen. Bullshit. There was no difference between his private vs. public agenda. Within two years the City would have to resolve the issue through a 2 million dollar settlement agreement.

So many warped ideas just continue to turn up among those who abuse public power. Time to stop this nonsense. A public figure is responsible for his private actions and discussions. Period.

[demmiblue]

5. What an asshole. n/t

[Initech]

6. Is he channeling his inner Mayor Quimby?