社評1213 人生的拼圖

人生的拼圖

從政近半世紀的德州參議員惠特邁， 經過三年之籌備後 ，終於登上休斯敦市長寶座， 在他的人生圖騰上登上了最高峯。

 這位市長早年也在非常貧困之環境中長大 ，但是他非常年輕時就已立下從政之念頭， 二十歲時當選為德州眾議員， 一路就在政界打滾， 非常熟知政界之運作。

早在年前他就來到國際社區探訪， 他對於治安表示高度之關切， 他說：“如果沒有良好之治安環境 ，如何有繁榮之社區。”

今晨他在接受電視訪問時， 首先提出治安社區安全第一之囗號，他將繼續任用現任局長來整合大休斯敦之警力， 來實現他的諾言。

我們欣見新市長之上任， 多少市民對他寄望甚深， 我們決不可重演舊金山 、芝加哥大城之下沉現象。 

休斯敦是個多族裔之大城市， 百分之七十以上是外來人口，  我們大家會和新市長共同努力 ，共建繁榮安定和諧之社會。

  The Roadmap Of Life 

After many years of preparation, Texas Senator Whitmire, who has been in politics for half a century,

finally ascended to the throne of Mayor of Houston and has reached the highest peak of his life. 

The new mayor also grew up in a very poor environment in his early years, but he always dreamed of becoming a politician since he was very young. He was elected to the Texas House when he was only twenty-years-old. 

Senator Whitmire first came to visit our international community one year ago. At that time, he expressed his great concern about our public safety issues in Houston. He said, "Without good security, we can’t have prosperity."

In a TV interview, the new mayor said his first priority is the public safety issue of the city. 

We are very pleased to see that the new mayor will take office soon. Many voters have high hopes for him. We simply cannot repeat the 'sinking phenomenon' such as we see happening in so many other big cities in America.

Houston is a multi-ethnic city. 70% of the city's residents came from outside of the city. We will all work together under the new leadership to build a prosperous, stable and harmonious society. This is our goal.