Former Mayor Lee P. Brown (top left) will serve as Treasurer for Councilman Dwight Boykins (top second from left). Houston firefighters have unanimously endorsed Dwight Boykins says Marty Lancton (top fourth from left). Could Mayor Sylvester Turner (bottom left) go down in history as Houston's first one-term Mayor? Tony Buzbee (bottom second from left) welcomes Councilman Dwight Boykins into the 2019 field of "MAYORAL CONTENDERS" as the Saturday, July 20, 2019 "OFFICIAL FILING" date for prospective candidates draws nearer. Bill King (bottom third from left) believes Houstonians are fed up with Mayor Turner and his corruption. Anton Dowls (bottom right) says he's not fazed at all by Councilman Dwight Boykins entering the race for Mayor of Houston. In case you don't know, early voting will begin on Monday, October 21, 2019, and end on Friday, November 1, 2019. Election Day voting will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.
AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©
At first glance, Mayor Sylvester Turner seemed unfazed by the prospects of Council Member Dwight Boykins’ entry into the 2019 City of Houston Mayor’s race – but don’t buy it. If Mayor Turner isn’t concerned, he should be. Why should Mayor Turner be concerned? Well, for starters, Houston’s first African American Mayor, the Honorable Lee P. Brown is serving as the treasurer for Councilman Boykins. Secondly, some would argue that it was the Houston firefighters who helped Turner squeak out his narrow victory over Bill King back in the December 2015 Runoff Election which turned out to be the closest margin of victory in the history of Mayoral Elections for the City of Houston.
Now, the same Houston firefighters that Mayor Sylvester Turner refused to give raises to, as mandated by almost 300,000 Houstonians at the ballot box have endorsed Councilman Dwight Boykins. And get this, according to published reports the firefighters voted unanimously to endorse Boykins over Mayor Turner, Bill King, Tony Buzbee, Kendall Baker, Demetria Smith, Derrick Broze, Anton Dowls, and Naoufal Houjami. Why? Well, according to Marty Lancton, the Union President, “Dwight Boykins is rock solid on public safety issues."
Council Member Dwight Boykins got one step closer to throwing his name in the ring for Mayor today as the paperwork appointing Lee Brown as his treasurer was leaked to the press. Boykins is expected to make an official announcement tomorrow. Boykins, once a close ally of Turner, has seen his relationship with the Mayor sour over the past few months due to the Mayor’s stalling tactics in implementing Proposition B. According to Boykins, the Mayor “was pay(ing) back the firefighters for beating him on Prop B… it’s not right.” During a particularly heated Council session in February, Boykins denounced the Mayor for withholding budget information leading to a verbal duel between the two: “We shouldn’t have to be begging for financial information. Don’t treat us like children,” Boykins told Turner. Boykins then claimed the Mayor had been disrespectful and accused him of running a “dictatorship.”
Tony Buzbee welcomed Council Member Boykins to the race, saying “Boykins knows first-hand how divisive this mayor has been and how inadequate his leadership has proven to be. He has stood up to this bully of a mayor and I respect him for that. Obviously, I believe that my business background and upbringing make me the most qualified to lead this City and will make that case to my fellow Houstonians. That said, I think it speaks volumes about Turner’s failed leadership that Council Member Boykins would file against this incumbent mayor.”
Let me state this for the record. I don’t care how many individuals file to run for mayor or who they are. I will continue to stake my claim to a seat at the table on behalf all the underpaid and overworked city employees, the forgotten residents of our financially disadvantaged communities, small business owners, our children who continue to receive lackluster education, for all our LGBTQIA+ friends & family and also our homeless neighbors.
Many people run for their own personal agenda, but my agenda is the people’s agenda. If it hurts the people then we won’t do it, but if it helps the people then we will not delay implementation. Anyone that has a problem with forward progress should find a seat and shut up! It’s 2019 and many are still fighting to be recognized as human beings. The fight for justice, equality, and economic fairness will end in 2019. Let’s change the world!
According to Bill King, it is clear Houstonians from across our City are fed up with Sylvester Turner and his inept and corrupt leadership. “We all know Bill King is the only candidate who understands and is best prepared to tackle the difficult problems Houston faces. He is the only candidate who has studied the issues and the numbers and is ready to lead starting Day One. It's why Bill's runoff election for Mayor in 2015 was the closest in Houston history - people trust Bill's leadership and know he will stand by what he says,” said a recent email received from the Bill King for Mayor campaign.
The email we received from Bill King’s camp went on to say, “Houston cannot afford four more years of the pay-to-play corruption, deteriorating streets, more flooding and rising crime.”
Bill King also believes that Mayor Sylvester Turner will get millions from his cronies who are bleeding Houston's taxpayers dry. He is already using that money to hire out-of-state campaign workers. We need Houstonians to rally and help us fight these special interests.
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