1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgForrest Wilderhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/forrest-wilder/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3xsMMf56cD"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/harold-fraud-dallas-billionaire-harold-simmons-wins-another-radioactive-favor-from-tceq/">Harold & Fraud: Dallas Billionaire Harold Simmons Wins Another Radioactive Favor from TCEQ</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/harold-fraud-dallas-billionaire-harold-simmons-wins-another-radioactive-favor-from-tceq/embed/#?secret=3xsMMf56cD" width="600" height="338" title="“Harold & Fraud: Dallas Billionaire Harold Simmons Wins Another Radioactive Favor from TCEQ” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="3xsMMf56cD" 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> Bureaucrats at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be nervously watching the stock market for the next five years. That’s because the agency, in an unprecedented move, has allowed Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons to financially secure his burgeoning West Texas radioactive waste dump with stock in one of his companies. Critics are calling it […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402