It takes a personal connection

The Brownsville Herald has this very misleading headline: Oliveira succeeds in passing amendment to help cousin - again. They do fill in the details later:

For the second time this summer, state Rep. Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, introduced in the House, and had passed, a measure that will directly benefit his cousin, an Austin business owner.

On Tuesday, Oliveira introduced and the House passed an amendment to an eminent-domain bill that would prohibit universities in Texas from taking private land and using it for hotels and other private ventures.

One more strike against the land-grabbers, and good for him. I don't care if his cousin does directly benefit. And by "second time," what they really mean is he changed his first amendment to apply to all universities, instead of just University of Texas.