社評1206 競選市長之戰白熱化

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競選市長之戰白熱化

休斯敦市長之爭昨晚在德州南方大學舉辦了最後一場辯論會， 兩位候選人在會上針鋒相對 ，希望在最後關頭得到市民之支持。 截至目前初選投票結果， 德州參議員惠特邁仍然領先資深國會議員希拉稹克遜李。

最近市政府正為水費問題大傷腦筋， 許多市民抱怨家中或公司水費暴漲， 其中包括我們報社也接到超過萬元之水費賬單， 經過向市議員之申訴， 至今尚未解決， 真是令人難予置信。

老實說，新任市長當前主要挑戰除了公共安全及治安外， 市府行政效率必須亟待加強， 各級主管必須就市基建、 水管、 颁發建築執照等大力改進， 這是市民最感到無法忍受之事項。

明年元月一日新市長即將上任，我們將拭目以待。

The Battle For Mayor Of The  City Of Houston Is Heating Up

The last debate for the City of Houston mayoral candidates was held last night at Texas Southern University. The two candidates made a last-ditch effort and tried to gain the voters' support. Up until now in early voting, Senator  Whitmire is still ahead of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. 

Recently, the city government has been concerned about the residents' water bills. Many citizens have complained about the price surge of  their water bills, including our own company. We recently received a water bill of more than $10,000 dollars! Up to until now, we are still fighting with the city to solve this problem. 

To be honest, in addition to public safety and security, the most pressing challenge for the new 

mayor will be to strengthen the management level personnel of city government in order to serve our people better, including the areas of water pipes, infrastructure and building permits. 

We will wait and see what will happen when the new leader takes the mayor's office on January 1st of next year.