feufoma Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I'm not at all impressed with Mayor White. What has he done since taking office?? The synchronization of some street lights? I mean come on. Thus far, he appears to be as feckless as his predecessor. Discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I don't think that's entirely fair. The movement of government doesn't exactly sprint over a period of 9 months. I'd consider it the movement of frozen molasses. It takes time to fix a government to do your will. I DO think that it was a big mistake to cut property taxes considering our current shortfall of funds. Ricco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I've always heard that the mayoral position in the Houston government was relatively weak. It's not like a new guy can come in and suddenly change everything. Another big constraint is money, or rather lack of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I think a lot of White's time has been spent on cleaning up the mess he inherited too. Since taking office he's had to find a new police chief, deal with a lot of financial issues, including the pension problem, and get people appointed to key positions so that the city government could start carrying out his agenda. That takes a lot of time and effort. I think that the synchronization of traffic lights and better management of street construction projects have been good steps by White's administration, although some of the first traffic lights in the project in Midtown are already out of sync. Hopefully the city will stay on top of this project and correct those issues as they come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I just think he needs to get cracking... and get organised, but how long exactly should that take?Makes me want to run for mayor, and pick a few of y'all for departments, I bet we would make Houston better then anyone else ever could. Just thinking about being mayor, I would spent night and day trying to make this city GREAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Well, I'm sure he is doing the same thing, Montrose. Fact of the matter is, while he may be the Boss of the city, he has alot of people to deal with as well. The City Comptroller isn't someone you can bully around, and seems like he's TRYING to keep us out of a deficit which is more than what other mayors fail to do during their shortfall. There is more to being a Mayor than standing up and say, "Do that." Ricco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Well, I'm sure he is doing the same thing, Montrose. Fact of the matter is, while he may be the Boss of the city, he has alot of people to deal with as well. The City Comptroller isn't someone you can bully around, and seems like he's TRYING to keep us out of a deficit which is more than what other mayors fail to do during their shortfall. There is more to being a Mayor than standing up and say, "Do that." Ricco<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That may be true, but he could atleast let us know whats instore for us, or somthing he has in mind...Its not fun to guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 True, but it doesn't help if you got a bunch of yahoos doing alot of monday morning quarterbacking. Ricco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 If I had a choice i would pick Lee brown again for the office. At lease he did created jobs for houston. What is Bill White doing, creating more street lights and fixing them? C'mon get real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 If I had a choice i would pick Lee brown again for the office. At lease he did created jobs for houston. What is Bill White doing, creating more street lights and fixing them? C'mon get real.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Um, Lee Brown only could have made goverment jobs, because where not a communist country, city, or state...We make jobs, not the goverment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 So far he is weak.Not enough visibility. It's almost as if he's on vacation.And how about the new Police Chief? Is that fool still living in the Hyatt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 We he still hasn't received his peace officer's license in texas....hence that's why we still haven't seen him in a police chief's uniform. and how long have we been paying his salary????<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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