Best Scandal

TIE: Time-stamp Change, Lehmberg DUI

Austin may be a laid-back town, but occasionally we have to check our blood pressure. Case in point: When we all found out that Travis County D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg wasn't praying when sheriff's deputies found her in that church parking lot. What followed were headlines usually reserved for Lindsay Lohan. Lawsuits! Rehab! A creepy paternal figure (ahem Rick Perry) using his influence in improper ways! For a moment, all of our local news stations became TMZ. Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers might have wished they were soused. At least that would be some sort of explanation for the decision to forge the voting time stamp on the night of Wendy Davis' star-making filibuster. To be fair, we should have seen it coming. The Lege made no bones about wanting to send women's health care back to the Fifties. What's a few minutes more?