AP says Bill White's first TV ad ignores Houston's "full-blown fiscal crisis"
In an analysis of Bill White's first TV ad, the Associated Press wrote: White has cut city property taxes as mayor, but coupled with increased spending, that's left Houston with huge budget problems. His successor as mayor, Annise Parker, says she now has a full-blown fiscal crisis on her hands and has considered double-digit water-rate increases and has cut hours at the city's libraries. She has also raised the possibility of furloughs and layoffs for city employees. Parker said the dire budget outlook will require the city council to consider all available options for closing roughly $110 million in budget gaps during the next two years, according to the Houston Chronicle. "For years now, we have spent more money than we have taken in," Parker, like White, a Democrat in the nonpartisan job, said March 10. "You can't spend more than you earn. It is a very unbusinesslike approach to running things."
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Video: “Bill White’s Chicago Way”
October 21, 2010
When liberal trial lawyer Bill White ran for Houston mayor in 2003, he was asked, “Which city in the world could best serve as a role model for a future Houston?”
Bill White answer? “Chicago.” [1]
The video “Bill White’s Chicago Way” is available at www.YouTube.com:
“Liberal Bill White’s admiration for the Chicago Way was evident when he steered a contract following Hurricane Rita to a company he had a financial relationship with, then profited from a private investment in the company,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “While Houston mayor, Bill White met with two other followers of the Chicago Way, then-Senator Barack Obama and his future chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.”
The Associated Press has reported, “Barack Obama, before he became president, leads a list of luminaries who met with White in Houston during his six years leading the nation's fourth largest city, according to mayoral calendar records provided to The Associated Press by Perry's campaign. Former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and former Democratic presidential candidates Bill Richardson, John Edwards and Wesley Clark also made the list. There is a phone call with Caroline Kennedy and a meeting with Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who later became White House chief of staff.” [2]
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[1] “Campaign notebook,” Houston Chronicle, 11/2/03
[2] “White's schedule included politics, too,” Associated Press, 10/9/10, http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/whites-schedule-included-po...
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