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September 19, 2005
Bill White and the Meyerland Dems
Over a hundred party loyalists and activists turned out this evening to hear the mayor talk about his Katrina experiences, the flood control projects ongoing and the upcoming municipal elections.
Candidates spotted in the audience included city council hopefuls Peter Brown and Mark Lee, state district 146 challengers Borris Miles and Alfred Bennett, and newly announced CD-07 Democratic candidate David Murff.
Here are some quotables:
"The city of Houston absorbed about 150,000 evacuees, and did so with grace."
"1500 members of Houston's Islamic community served meals to New Orleans evacuees. On September 11th."
"Tens of thousands of evacuees have been put into apartments that weren't even furnished ten days ago. The city signed 201 agreements with apartment complexes (throughout the city for assisted housing) in one day, and FEMA has already reimbursed. The City of Dallas called and wanted to know what form to use." (lots of laughter)
I couldn't get his precise words transcribed, but White mentioned that the massive flood control construction projects (including the advance work, like expanding the flood plain) that today have Kirby Drive ripped open twenty feet deep began shortly after Tropical Storm Allison did her damage to the Medical Center ten years ago now. Looks prescient right about now (and hopefully still will a week from now, to more nervous chuckles).
It's no overstatement that Bill White is the most powerful Democrat in the state of Texas at the moment.
And that's only for the moment.
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Meyerland Democrats were AWESOME last night! GREAT meeting! (Needs more margaritas!)
Posted by: John Cobarruvias at September 20, 2005 02:03 PM