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Michael Wayne Martin was my favorite story of a Texas legislator gone bad. From performing religious puppet shows at churches in his hometown of Longview, he fell from grace in the early 1980s when he hired his brother to shoot at him to draw sympathy for his re-election campaign. Instead he was arrested by the Texas Rangers while hiding in one of the big stereo speakers he used for his shows. Later he admitted to perjury under a plea bargain and left state politics. Now he’s back, as just plain Wayne, running for city council in Bee Cave, southwest of Austin. The daily has this good piece on him, indicating that Mike is still not entirely out of the woods. Except they left out my favorite part: the puppet shows.