TRINIDAD, Texas—The police chief has resigned, a municipal judge has been ousted, city workers have been fired, and lawsuits are piling up after police arrested a local woman on felony charges over a Facebook post questioning the safety of the town’s tap water.
Drivers might miss Trinidad if they blink. This small East Texas town of about 800 souls sits at the intersection of state highways 274 and 31—about one-and-a-half hours southeast of Dallas.
It’s a quiet town of weathered ’70s homes with big shade trees where folks can sip iced tea in the summer.
The busiest spot in town is Zippy J’s deli and market at the intersection of the town’s only traffic light. There, the clerk calls customers “honey” and the loudspeakers outside at the gas pumps blare songs about Jesus and good lovin’ gone bad….