Why Goose Won

To the Editor:

I do not normally engage with others in the opinion and op-ed pages, but Mr. Edward Dykes’s recent letter demands a response. Here is the hard truth: if we do not rally behind our party’s elected candidates, we will absolutely have hell to pay. When conservatives spend their time fracturing and bickering with each other, we end up with exactly the kind of disasters we’ve seen on the national stage with Kamala and Sleepy Joe.

In his letter, Mr. Dykes decided to hurl a dictionary of acronyms—calling the voters who elected Goose Geesaman “Low Information,” “Patriots in Name Only,” and “Christians in Name Only.” It is deeply ironic that Mr. Dykes preaches the virtues of being “nice and polite” while simultaneously insulting the intelligence and faith of the conservative majority in District 85.

Mr. Dykes fundamentally misunderstands what the “Austin Swamp” actually is, and why District 85 sent Goose Geesaman to fight it.

The real swamp is the entrenched, unelected bureaucracy in Austin—agencies like the TCEQ and utility monopolies like the LCRA—that routinely run roughshod over the property rights, water, and air of rural Texans. While establishment politicians pat themselves on the back for passing polite resolutions, the bureaucratic state is actively ignoring environmental law and sticking Fayette County taxpayers with the bill.

What the heck would Mr. Dykes rather see? Stan Kitzman? Let’s talk about the alternative. In one severely miscalculated email to the TCEQ, Kitzman actively tried to quiet Fayette County’s right to an open meeting. That move was suspiciously timed right when none of us were given standing or a public forum to voice our wants, needs, and rights. Is that the kind of representation Mr. Dykes is defending?

In stark contrast, I have personally seen Goose Geesaman in the trenches. Despite the extremely exhausting schedule of a campaign, juggling his family and politicians vying for his seat, I have watched him go from meeting to meeting, house to courthouse. He is genuinely trying to understand his voters’ wants and needs, and he is producing for them even when the establishment odds are stacked against us. He is actively out there helping protect Fayette County—and all the counties his district spans—defending our water, our air, our property, and our constitutional rights.

Regarding Mr. Dykes’s defense of legislative resolutions for radical groups: Tolerance is a virtue, but willful blindness is a liability. True conservatives recognize the difference between genuine religious liberty and the normalization of radical, anti-American ideologies. When we see sheer violent rhetoric, socialist slogans, and demonstrations that actively despise the American flag dominating the national media, a true Patriot does not just nod and smile to appease the political elite.

We don’t need our representatives to be “friendly” to the establishment; we need them to be fiercely protective of the Constitution and our natural resources.

Mr. Dykes is free to his opinions and his name-calling. But out here in the real world, Conservative Conservationists are busy fighting for the physical and economic survival of Fayette County. District 85 saw the difference, and that is exactly why Goose Geesaman won.