Local group holds town hall meeting without congressman

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than a hundred people gathered at The Historic Scoot Inn on Saturday, Feb. 25 to discuss the future of Texas under Trump without Congressman Lamar Smith.
Smith has no scheduled town hall meetings with his 725,000 constituents, so Austin residents decided to create one.
Austin resident Ingrid Powell said she was tired of calling Smith’s office every time she felt alarmed by news related to Trump’s administration. Powell is one of the 3,000 members of T