Bill White Unqualified To Be Governor, Says Democrat Running For Texas Supreme Court
Houston state appellate judge notes liberal trial lawyer’s lack of experience
| For Immediate Distribution: News Release September 23, 2010 |
Texans for Rick Perry: (512) 478-3276 Mark Miner: markminer@rickperry.org Catherine Frazier: catherinefrazier@rickperry.org |
In a recent article in the Austin American-Statesman titled, “Grave doubts about Dems’ strategy from one of their own,” Democrat Jim Sharp criticizes liberal trial lawyer Bill White’s lack of experience.
Sharp, a Houston state appellate judge running for Texas Supreme Court, said he “does not believe that White’s service as Houston's mayor necessarily prepares him to be governor.”
“I mean, to sit in the Governor’s Mansion, you really ought to have ... either served in the Legislature, either body, or held some sort of statewide executive office or something. But just to go from a mayor to the Governor's Mansion, I don’t know,” Sharp said. (SOURCE: “Grave doubts about Dems' strategy from one of their own,” Austin American-Statesman, 9/19/10, http://www.statesman.com/opinion/grave-doubts-about-dems-strategy-from-o...)
“As liberal trial lawyer Bill White continues to run from his record, even Democrats are now admitting his campaign is failing,” said Texans for Rick Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “Bill White’s fiscally irresponsible management style has been criticized as ‘unbusinesslike’ by his successor as Houston mayor, and though he touts his business record, he suspiciously refuses to release his taxes, preventing Texans from learning the truth about how he profited while serving the public and how he avoided paying taxes in 1995.”
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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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