“Take, for example, the city of Houston, where seemingly endless layers of union-authored local rules essentially require small businesses to retain a compliance officer to help them navigate the maze of local rules that conflict with standards elsewhere in the state. If they don’t and end up breaking a local rule, they end up facing a flurry of fines that could lead to closure. “Throw in the Dallas efforts to ban gas lawnmowers, Austin’s sick leave requirements and Denton’s short-lived attempt to ban fracking and the challenges of building businesses with jobs spanning the state simply become too complex.”