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# No, Ted Cruz, Westerners should not follow in Texas' footsteps
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/no-ted-cruz-westerners-should-not-follow-in-texas-footsteps/
- Published: 2016-03-30T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-15T01:26:44.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: opinions, op-ed, publication, high country news, 2016, ted cruz, texas, Public Lands, american west, william o. douglas, politics

"No, Ted Cruz, Westerners should not follow in Texas' footsteps," *High Country News*, Writers on the Range (March 30, 2016). 

[No, Ted Cruz, Westerners should not follow in Texas’ footsteps - High Country NewsThe state’s public lands boondoggle was a historical accident.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-1.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/texascruzthumb.jpg)](http://www.hcn.org/articles/no-ted-cruz-westerners-should-not-follow-in-texas-footsteps?ref=adamsowards.net)