社評0415 希拉賈克遜李正式宣佈競選休斯敦市長

希拉賈克遜李正式宣佈競選休斯敦市長

美國國會最資深之國會議員希拉贾克遜李日前宣佈將角逐下任休斯敦市市長， 這將使這塲選戰日趨激烈。

她的選戰將從週五之群眾大會到各項媒體之宣傳同時啟動， 參加選戰的還包括州參議員惠德邁及上次未能選上的百萬富豪巴士比等近十位候選人 ，其中惠德邁參議員已經有競選經費近一千萬元。

希拉贾克遜李是目前國會中最賦盛名之議員， 她從1995 年就已經當選上了代表休斯敦城中區之國會議員。她目前擔任國會預算及司法委員會委員， 也是非裔國會議員之副黨鞭， 她是位立場激進之領袖人物。

休斯敦巿是全美第四大城市， 市長権力龎大，其下屬有員工及警員上萬人之多， 每年市政府預算在數十億美元以上。

過去二十年來， 幾乎都是民主黨當政 ，近年來由於外來人口之激增， 市政基礎建設無法跟上發展之腳步， 許多建案都被拖延， 造成很多民怨，加上治安不斷败坏， 目前所有候選人都把改進治安為首要政見。

我們要慎重呼籲， 華亞裔團體應該立即行動， 加入助選行列， 出錢出力實際參與各項活動 ，為我華人爭取政治上之權利。

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee Enters The Houston Mayor’s Race

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee officially entered the Houston Mayor’s race last week. She has filed to run with the City Secretary’s office, launched a website and sent a video message to a forum for the mayoral candidates. 

State Senator John Whitmire was the first candidate to announce a run for the Mayor's office back in November of 2021. Whitmire also has amassed an election 'war chest' in the millions of dollars to support his election campaign. 

Also now included in the field for      the race for Mayor are former City Councilwoman Amanda Edward, Attorney Lee Kaplan, Councilman Robert Gallegos and former Metro Chair Gilbert Garcia. 

Houston is the fourth largest city in America. We are also the most diverse city in the nation. We all hope that everyone will participate in this important race for Mayor of Houston.

Because public safety has become such a very critical issue for our city, all of the candidates will need to address this very important issue. If we don’t have a safe community, it will be very difficult to attract people to come to our city and make Houston their home and do business here.