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Tony Buzbee has everything a Texas trial lawyer could want: a mansion on one of Houston’s most prestigious streets, a seven-thousand-acre ranch in East Texas, a private plane, a beautiful young wife, and even a World War II–era tank. But for all his wealth and power, he says he can’t get the city to fix the broken water lines in his neighborhood. In late September, the 55-year-old attorney noticed water bubbling up from the ground on the corner of Shepherd and Kirby, a few miles from Buzbee’s home in River Oaks. He called 311, the city services line, to report the leak. He posted a video on Instagram. For nine weeks, water continued pouring out of the ground before a Houston Public Works crew finally…

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