The local Republican establishment in a major Texas oil town has turned against the city’s conservative mayor over his focus on social issues and alleged neglect of bread-and-butter municipal problems. Javier Joven, the owner of a construction business in Odessa, Texas, was elected as the city’s mayor in 2020 and since then has taken a hardline stance on issues like transgenderism and abortion, according to local media reports. Joven’s critics, backed by the local media and Republican Party, charge that prioritizing issues like those is both unprecedented in city politics and diverting focus a…