Businessman joins broad Campaign to Save Houston Lives"
Texas Insider Report: HOUSTON Texas Former Texas Secretary of State and respected Texas civic leader George Strake has endorsed voting FOR Prop 3 which can be found at the very end of Harris Countys historically long Fall 2010 ballot. Strake joins a broad array of Houstonians supporting the life-saving benefits of the red light safety program in Houston including:
State leaders such as State Representative Alma Allen State Representative Carol Alvarado State Representative Ellen Cohen State Representative Senfronia Thompson State State Representative Ellen Cohen State Representative Senfronia Thompson State Representative Sylvester Turner State Representative Beverly Woolley and State Representative John Zerwas M.D.
Law enforcement and first responder groups such as the:
- Houston Police Officers Union
- Houston Professional Firefighters Association
- Houston Black Firefighters Association
- Harris County Afro-American Sheriffs Deputy Union
- Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia
- Constable Victor Trevino of Harris County Precinct 6 and
- Constable May Walker of Harris County Precinct 7.
City leaders such as Mayor Annise D. Parker and Councilmembers Anne Clutterbuck District C; Wanda Adams District D; Al Hoang District F;
Oliver Pennington District G; Ed Gonzalez District H; James Rodriguez District I; Stephen C. Costello At Large Position 1; Sue Lovell At Large Position 2; and former Council Members Ada Edwards Pam Holm and Toni Lawrence.
Conservative & GOP leaders are also unting behind the effort including:
- KSEV radio host Edd Hendee
- Sheryl Berg State Republican Executive Committee Member and HCRP Senatorial District 11 Chairman
- Marvin Clede Chairman HCRP Senate District 17
- Former Harris County Chairman Gary Polland; and
- activist Terry Lowry.
Medical institutions are also asking for voters to approve the proposition including:
- Texas Childrens Hospital
- Memorial-Hermann Healthcare System
- the Texas Medical Center
- the Texas Heart Institute
- Harris County Hospital District
- Texas Hospital Association
- Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation and the
- National Black Nurses Association Inc.
Civic organizations such as NAACP/Houston Branch Houston Area Urban League Southeast Coalition of Civic Clubs Houston GLBT Caucus and the National Panhellenic Council Inc. - Houston are also supporting the effort.
Local pastors such as Rev. Edwin Davis Galillee Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. L. David Punch Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Dwayne B. Cook The Philippian Church; Rev. Leo Griffin Wesley AME Church; Rev. Louis Jolivet - Joy Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. James Nash St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. F. N. Williams Sr. President Houston Ministers Against Crime; and Rev. Anthony Ford Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.
And Houston business icon Jim Mattress Mack McIngvale the treasurer of Keep Houston Safe.
