1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgLouis Dubosehttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/louis-dubose/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JYls55VjNv"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1197-editorial-rylander-reflux/">Editorial</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1197-editorial-rylander-reflux/embed/#?secret=JYls55VjNv" width="600" height="338" title="“Editorial” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="JYls55VjNv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Before Lawrence Summers is confirmed to replace Robert Rubin as Treasury Secretary, somebody ought to tip the President off about the exceptional abilities of Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander. Confronted with a diminishing surplus with which to fund George W. Bush’s tax givebacks, and growing demands from the Legislature to certify the budget so that […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402