State Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, appears angry as she talks with a colleague during postponment of critical budget-related bills on May 18, 2011.
State Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, appears angry as she talks with a colleague during postponment of critical budget-related bills on May 18, 2011. Bob Daemmrich

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is backing candidates in several Republican primary races. In Denton, the group is hoping to replace state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, with Read King and sent out a mailer to voters in Crownover’s district criticizing her record.

Crownover response was to turn lemons into lemonade.

“Did you receive a yellow mail piece from Texans for Fiscal Responsibility this week?” Crownover wrote on Facebook yesterday. “Bring that S.I.L.L.Y. (Special Interest Lying Lobbyist Yellowcard) Card into Juniper House Coffee between now and Election Day to receive a free cup of coffee! Myra Crownover will donate $1 to the charity Serve Denton for every SILLY card collected.”

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Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics....