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Texas League of Conservation Voters Endorses Bill White for Governor
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For Immediate Release
February 10, 2010
Texas League of Conservation Voters endorses White as the right choice for a clean future
AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Texas League of Conservation Voters (TLCV), a coalition of Texans committed to clean air, clean water, and access to public lands, water, fish and wildlife, has endorsed Bill White for Governor of Texas.
The non-partisan organization supports candidates who are committed to conserving Texas' natural resources. TLCV Executive Director David Weinberg thinks Bill White is the right choice for a cleaner Texas.
"For Texans who care about clean air, clean water, and open spaces, the choice couldn't be clearer: Bill White is the only candidate for Governor who voters can count on to make the right decisions to protect Texas. As Mayor of Houston, Bill White showed exemplary leadership in cracking down on polluters, growing park space, and expanding energy efficiency programs. Bill White represents a break from the old politics of damaging our natural resources and putting the public's health at risk, and the Texas League of Conservation Voters gives him our enthusiastic endorsement for Governor in 2010," said Weinberg.
As Houston's mayor, Bill White persuaded the EPA to overhaul their method of calculating pollution emitted from large refining and chemical plants and received the University of Texas HERO award for reducing regional air pollution. He also helped spearhead the coalition of Texas mayors who successfully fought the building of unneeded coal-fired power plants across the state. The Houston Chronicle called White "one of the most aggressive Houston mayors in history on air pollution."
White has said that he simply, "does not believe any person or company has the right to dump tons of cancer-causing chemicals into the air that we all breathe."
The son of San Antonio school teachers, White helped build a law firm and managed a successful business before being elected Houston's mayor in 2003. Since then, he's been re-elected twice with 86% and 91% of the vote. During White's administration, Houston led the nation's cities in job growth, adding more jobs than thirty-four states combined. At the same time, he cut property tax rates five years in a row and helped seniors with tax relief. White also started a special initiative that gives returning veterans the welcome they deserve with coordinated social services, reductions in red tape, and employment opportunities. After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike, Bill White mobilized effective disaster response including first responders, businesses and churches. For his compassionate, hands-on leadership after Katrina, White received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2007. Previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Energy of the United States.
For more information, please visit www.billwhitefortexas.com. To be added to the press list, please email press@billwhitefortexas.com.
Contact:
Katy Bacon (campaign)
press@billwhitefortexas.com
713.613.5326
David Weinberg (TLCV)
dweinberg@tlcv.org
512.477.4424
For Immediate Release
February 10, 2010
Texas League of Conservation Voters endorses White as the right choice for a clean future
AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Texas League of Conservation Voters (TLCV), a coalition of Texans committed to clean air, clean water, and access to public lands, water, fish and wildlife, has endorsed Bill White for Governor of Texas.
The non-partisan organization supports candidates who are committed to conserving Texas' natural resources. TLCV Executive Director David Weinberg thinks Bill White is the right choice for a cleaner Texas.
"For Texans who care about clean air, clean water, and open spaces, the choice couldn't be clearer: Bill White is the only candidate for Governor who voters can count on to make the right decisions to protect Texas. As Mayor of Houston, Bill White showed exemplary leadership in cracking down on polluters, growing park space, and expanding energy efficiency programs. Bill White represents a break from the old politics of damaging our natural resources and putting the public's health at risk, and the Texas League of Conservation Voters gives him our enthusiastic endorsement for Governor in 2010," said Weinberg.
As Houston's mayor, Bill White persuaded the EPA to overhaul their method of calculating pollution emitted from large refining and chemical plants and received the University of Texas HERO award for reducing regional air pollution. He also helped spearhead the coalition of Texas mayors who successfully fought the building of unneeded coal-fired power plants across the state. The Houston Chronicle called White "one of the most aggressive Houston mayors in history on air pollution."
White has said that he simply, "does not believe any person or company has the right to dump tons of cancer-causing chemicals into the air that we all breathe."
The son of San Antonio school teachers, White helped build a law firm and managed a successful business before being elected Houston's mayor in 2003. Since then, he's been re-elected twice with 86% and 91% of the vote. During White's administration, Houston led the nation's cities in job growth, adding more jobs than thirty-four states combined. At the same time, he cut property tax rates five years in a row and helped seniors with tax relief. White also started a special initiative that gives returning veterans the welcome they deserve with coordinated social services, reductions in red tape, and employment opportunities. After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike, Bill White mobilized effective disaster response including first responders, businesses and churches. For his compassionate, hands-on leadership after Katrina, White received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2007. Previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Energy of the United States.
For more information, please visit www.billwhitefortexas.com. To be added to the press list, please email press@billwhitefortexas.com.
Contact:
Katy Bacon (campaign)
press@billwhitefortexas.com
713.613.5326
David Weinberg (TLCV)
dweinberg@tlcv.org
512.477.4424
