Bum Steers
June 22, 2016
Butt the Pain and the Embarrassment Were Real
A case of mistaken identity in Groesbeck.
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Roundups of Texas’s most ridiculous and idiotic endeavors
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Bum Steers
May 26, 2016
That Wasn’t an Excavator. It Was an I-Gotta-Take-a-Dump Truck.
The Blackland Prairie becomes an unfortunate dumping ground.
Humor
April 18, 2016
When Does He Perform His Disappearing Act?
A bit of magic in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Bum Steers
February 24, 2016
Next Time They’ll Likely Try a Different Smuggling Root
A case of carrots and the customs checkpoint in Pharr.
Bum Steers
January 27, 2016
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to our annual Bum Steer Awards.
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January 27, 2016
This Assignment Blows
A class project in Keller goes bust.
Bum Steers
January 3, 2016
The 2016 Bum Steer Awards
The Great Texas Meltdown of 2015 started slowly. In fact, things were looking mighty good for perennial favorites the Dallas Cowboys when they made the playoffs last January, and they could have gone all the way if it hadn’t been for a controversial call by the refs that cost them
Arts & Entertainment
November 18, 2015
Baseball Gods 1, Governor 0
A tweet gone foul.
Bum Steers
October 21, 2015
And “Competitive Crop Watching” Didn’t Even Figure in the Rankings
How College Station became the "most exciting" city in Texas.
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September 17, 2015
Do You, Defendant #SC100313, Take This Woman . . .
A curious case of courthouse nuptials.
Bum Steers
August 19, 2015
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t Out to Bug You
Bugging out.
The Daily Post
June 11, 2015
Cirilo Castillo Jr. Busted Again After Allegedly Trying to Have Sex with a Horse
Time to double-check the locks on your barns.
Bum Steers
May 1, 2015
Blanco Mayoral Candidate Is Campaigning on a “Keep Blanco Blanco” Platform
We can see how that looks bad.
Bum Steers
March 13, 2015
They’re Sorry, They Did as Bastard They Could
A headline in the February 19 edition of the Waller County Times Tribune announced, “Hitch up your bitches and jingle those spurs, its trail ride season.”
Bum Steers
February 12, 2015
Next Up: Repealing the Tax on Steam-Powered Cotton Gins
Congratulations to new ag commission Sid Miller.
News & Politics
January 14, 2015
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the January 2015 issue.
Bum Steers
January 9, 2015
Justice Was Overserved
After DWI charges against Justice Nora Longoria, of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals, were dismissed, outraged Hidalgo County Republicans pointed out that Longoria and the district attorney and district court judge who decided to let her off are all Democrats—and a police dash-cam video that showed her bombing her field sobriety test went viral.
Bum Steers
January 1, 2015
Bum Steers 2015
From arrogant announcers to zany zygotes—and everything in between—it was a banner year for the Bum Steers.
Burka Blog
December 16, 2014
How to Earn a Bum Steer Award
Step one: study Wendy Davis’s example.
News & Politics
December 15, 2014
Steer Campaign
The pleasure of picking a Bum Steer.
The Stand Up Desk
December 10, 2014
And the Bum Steer of the Year Is . . .
Hey, Senator Davis! Congratulations! The results are in, and you and the Democrats won by a landslide!
Bum Steers
December 5, 2014
If It Helps Land the Spite, Elf, and Gnome Convention, It’ll Be a Bargain
The Grapevine City Council approved spending $60,000 in public funds to erect a four-and-a-half-foot unicorn statue on the roof of the city’s convention and visitors bureau building.
Bum Steers
November 5, 2014
Can You Bum a Steer?
So you think you can write a Bum Steer headline.
Bum Steers
January 1, 2014
The 2014 Bum Steer Awards
And the winners are . . .
Bum Steers
December 18, 2013
At Least the Steer Was Anatomically Correct
Yeah, we blew it. Our January 2014 Bum Steers cover shows the wrong Astros uniform. So we'll be the first to admit that we deserve a bum steer.
Arts & Entertainment
December 17, 2013
The Bum Steer Catalog
Bum Steers is an attitude! Bum Steers is a lifestyle! And, best of all, now Bum Steers is a chance to shop!
Bum Steers
December 13, 2013
And the 2014 Bum Steer Award Winners Are . . .
Editor’s Note: This year we partnered with our friends at Bum Steers News to bring you the most shocking, outrageous, and ridiculous Bum Steer issue ever. Below, you’ll find a preview of their incredible findings. The full report will be available on newsstands next week.
Arts & Entertainment
December 11, 2013
So How Bad Was 2013 for the Astros and Texans?
Fans thought the Astros and Texans were among the worst teams in professional sports last year, but stunning new revelations show just how bad they really were.
News & Politics
December 11, 2013
(Another) Shocking Dewhurst Phone Call!
In August a recording surfaced of the lieutenant governor asking the Allen Police Department to help spring a recently arrested relative from jail. As one unsuspecting pizza salesman also learned this year, it wasn't the only time the lite guv not so deftly attempted to throw his weight around.
Bum Steers
October 18, 2013
Bum Steer: Fire-Prevention Inspectors Start Fire in Tyler Restaurant
Routine maintenance work at On the Border was intended to make sure the kitchen's fire prevention system worked. Two alarms and eight department units later...
Bum Steers
February 7, 2013
Former Houston Hand Surgeon Michael Brown Lands in Trouble Again
This time he was arrested upon arrival at the airport, after allegedly choking flight attendants and making sexual remarks.
Arts & Entertainment
January 23, 2013
Bum Steer: The Judge Who Facebooked Johnny Football’s Speeding Ticket
This is no way to revive The Battle of the Brazos: Ennis municipal court judge W. Lee Johnson, a Baylor alumnus, was publicly reprimanded for his none-too-subtle post about the A&M QB’s apparent moving violation.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Husband Threatens Cat. Wife Shoots Husband.
Audrey Deen Miller was arrested earlier this week in Spring for shooting her husband, who apparently had bad intentions towards one her felines.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Paper Makes Unfortunate Byline Typo
Picking up a Houston Chronicle story, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram printed the name of Chron reporter Yang Wang as "Yank Wang." She took it in good stride.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Did Breast Cancer Make an El Paso Judge Break Bad?
A friend says breast cancer is the reason former El Paso County Judge Dolores Briones helped embezzle money from a program for mentally ill children.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Houston Woman Busted For Warning Motorists of Speed Trap
Natalie Plummer's handwritten grocery-bag sign warning motorists near downtown of a speed trap led to her arrest for "walking in the roadway." She claims she never left the sidewalk.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
When Tipping Isn’t Optional
Who is the Bum Steer here? The Houstonian who refused to pay a mandatory tip or the restaurant that allegedly locked her in the establishment and called the police when she wouldn't pay up?
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Two Strip Club Related Fatalities Make Headlines
In El Paso, a man suffers a heart attack at the Red Parrot, while in Houston a dancer known as "Pocahontas" is a murder suspect.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Bum Steer: The Alamo is (Still) Not a Public Lavatory
A 21-year-old El Paso man was arrested for "pulling an Ozzy" and urinating on the Alamo Saturday night.
January 21, 2013
Texas Tech Recruits From Houston Drive to Nacogdoches
Houston Bellaire wide receiver Devin Lauderdale and three friends were supposed to attend the Red Raiders spring football game, but clearly didn't know the way to Lubbock.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Bum Steer: Man Tries to Pay for Lap Dance with Crack
Sheriff's deputies arrested 26-year-old Ricardo Luna, who allegedly tried to use crack cocaine as payment for a $10 lap dance at the XTC Cabaret strip club in Austin.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Bum Steer: Houston Millionaire Legally Adopted His Girlfriend
Air conditioning heir John Goodman adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend for legal and financial reasons, but it's still icky.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Year-End Favorites: John Nova Lomax Perfects the Crime-Meets-Facebook Beat
Texas Monthly senior editor Katy Vine shares a few stories from one of her favorite writers of the year.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Our Bum Steer of the Year
We picked. You reacted. Tweets and articles about our Bum Steer of the Year, Governor—and, last time we checked, Republican presidential candidate—Rick Perry.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
The 2012 Bum Steer Awards on Steroids
Sometimes you just have to see it (and hear it) to believe it.
Bum Steers
January 20, 2013
Revoltin’
BUT YOUR BETTER HALF CAN COME, HONCameron County sheriff Omar Lucio did not invite district attorney Yolanda de Leon to a barbecue for law enforcement officials because the party was for men only.SORRY. I MEANT TRAILER GENTRYIn a TV interview during the Kerrville capital murder trial of Darlie Routier, Dallas
Bum Steers
January 20, 2013
Rightin’
HE GOT NAILEDRound Rock mayor Charlie Culpepper apologized to “all of the purveyors of fasteners that operate in our city” after he was quoted in a newspaper article as saying “you couldn’t buy a nut, bolt, or screw in Round Rock without going to Wal-Mart.”NEXT TIME MAKE IT “HEALTHY BOVINE”A
Bum Steers
January 20, 2013
’Rithmetic
The Bum Steers Math Quiz.
Bum Steers
January 20, 2013
Readin’
The Bleacher Bible By Chris Sneed, Cotten Publishing of Lubbock, $9.95. Heckling manual by a diehard Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball fan. “You’ve got jungle disease: you look like Tarzan but you swing like Jane.”Cigar Chic: A Woman’s Perspective By Tomima Edmark of Dallas, The Summit Publishing
Bum Steers
January 20, 2013
The Bum Steer Calendar
JanuaryBEN BARNES Under fire by federal authorities, the former lieutenant governor gives up his $25,000-a-month lobbying contract for Gtech, the company that runs the Texas Lottery. Not to worry, though. Later it is announced that Gtech agreed to pay Barnes and an associate $23 million to buy out the contract.FebruaryTEXAS