Population increase Note: Some days I get lucky. Such was the case 11 years ago when I penned the following column about the lack of state spending and the church’s continued opposition to artificial birth control amid a burgeoning population.Earlier this year, Lone Star National Bank hosted a talk by Steve Murdock, Texas’ former official state demographer and director of the U.S. Census Bureau from 2007 to 2009.The picture Murdock painted as he discussed the 2010 U.S. Census should serve as a warning sign for state politicians – “The data shows extensive population growth for Texas, with the largest increase ...