Newly elected Land Commissioner George P. Bush (is there no end to politicians named George Bush?) has booted the Daughters of the Republic of Texas from their traditional role as custodians of the hallowed shrine.  Bush claims that the DRT has breached an agreement with the state by failing to adequately protect the Alamo.  In his letter to the DRT,  Bush said the relationship will terminate on July 10 because of 10 contractual violations including failing to maintain the fiscal and physical health of the state-owned monument.

Showing his ignorance of Texas history Bush claimed, “The Alamo has always had the same owner — the people of Texas.”  Perhaps it was hyperbole, but even a casual student of Texas history knows that the Alamo has only been officially owned by the state since 1905 and that was done at the urging of the DRT who had purchased other buildings in an effort to preserve the site.  The DRT’s custodianship has been much maligned over the years, but the debt of gratitude that the people of Texas owe them for saving the iconic shrine can never be repaid.