Sunny Side /South Park Super Neighborhood

The Peoples Agenda and the Price of Leadership/Mayor

Attorneys With No Talking Points

Memorandum
July 14, 2007

To: Mayor Bill White, City of Houston
From: Charles X White – 713-292-3436
Subject: The Peoples Agenda and the Price of Leadership
Cc. Civic Club Presidents

Mayor White, as an elected officer of the Sunnyside/South Park Super Neighborhood and the convenor of the Community Partnership Breakfast and as a stakeholder, on behalf of a significant portion of citizens in the southeast area of Houston, we are requesting a final two step process to have you attend our community meeting that we have requested for the past four – years.

Mayor White, I want to make sure that I clarify several possible urban legends that you may have received from your advisors official and unofficial. We did not request a meeting with department heads. It has been suggested to us that one thing that may be contributing to your reluctance to meet with us has to do with the idea that we would try to embarrass you at a public meeting. This notion is not true.

Mayor, I would not embarrass myself, the people I represent or you at a public meeting that we invited you to attend. Mayor there is no value or virtue to engage in that type of philosophy. Regardless to what your service record indicates you are the mayor and I respect the office as well as the person. However, the office doesn’t bestow on the person immunity from correction or criticism based on the facts.

We are requesting a planning meeting before the community meeting to mitigate solutions consistent with your statements.

Community Agenda Items:
• Flooding
• City ordinances
• Public Safety
• Housing and Community Development
Intended Outcomes:
• Amend several out dated and incomplete city ordinances
• Improve public safety
• Generate a projected timeline on infrastructure replacement
• Area plan that protects neighborhood integrity

We want to assure you that we are requesting this meeting to reach reasonable resolutions to city business as tax payers, voters, stakeholders and concerned citizens. Mayor in our past conversations you applauded my frankness, call me lets talk.

Thank you for your consideration and time