Houstonians think Mayor White has the greatest ideas!
Kristen Mack writes that Mayor White has commissioned a poll and the results, amazingly, show that Houstonians LOVE his ideas:
With less than 20 days left in the legislative session, Mayor Bill White has released a poll favorable to his positions on some of the key city issues before lawmakers.
The survey wasn't scientific, and the questions seem designed to evoke preferred responses — a technique called "push polling" in political parlance.
[snip]
The results showed overwhelming support for the city's position on regulating wrecker drivers, using cameras to catch red light violators and closing down after-hours clubs.
That's not surprising, given the questions, which were listed under the heading "Protecting our neighborhoods:"
•"Should the state give Houston the power to refuse towing licenses to people based on their criminal and driving records, as we do on highways?"
•"Should the state allow Houston to install cameras in traffic lights to catch people running red lights, so we can use our police to stop other crimes?"
•"Should the state allow our neighborhoods to protect themselves by closing bars in their areas at 2 a.m.?"
Mayor White is very good at the PR game, as we all know. His one big misstep so far was SAFEclear and he managed to turn that into a positive, although he got a little banged up along the way.
The red light question, though, is really something. For the 1,000th time, if the mayor was serious about safety, he would make sure the worst intersections have longer yellow light times AND a period of a couple of seconds where all lights in an intersection are red at the same time.
But adjusting traffic light times won't bring in revenue.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 05/13/05 10:57 AM | Houston Politics | Print | Comments (1)
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