District C candidates off and running
Friday, the Chronicle's Kristen Mack provided some interesting coverage of the District C council race, which already seems to be heating up:
One of the candidates in the crowded race to succeed Mark Goldberg, who is term-limited in the southwest Houston district, is lawyer George Hittner. His father is U.S. District Judge David Hittner.
Supporting one of George Hittner's opponents, and circulating letters on his behalf, is Houston businessman Jack Weingarten.
His daughter, Lea Fastow, is in federal prison on an Enron-related charge.
Judge David Hittner put her there.
Weingarten has sent a letter to friends and District C residents endorsing candidate Herman Litt, a Houston Community College System trustee.
Typical of such a letter, it touts Litt's achievements, describing him as a talented and qualified leader.
And then the letter takes a turn.
" ... there is one candidate who will probably emerge as a well financed contender. That candidate is George Hittner, son of judge hittner," Weingarten writes, using lower case in a letter that otherwise is grammatically sound.
"I am troubled about visiting the sins of a father on his son, but I am comfortable with the fact that Hermann Litt is especially well qualified, while George Hittner is very inexperienced and unqualified."
This race is liable to get very interesting. The Litt people already seem to be engaged, and Hittner signs are starting to show up around town. Candidate Anne Clutterbuck presumably will put together a good grassroots campaign, having learned those ropes working with John Culberson (R) and Bill Archer (R). Other announced candidates are Brian Cweren, Mark Lee, and Judy Siverson.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/09/05 08:03 PM | Print |
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