Open Council seats always draw a crowd, and when there’s only one of them for the At Large positions, it’s usually a big crowd. There were already several entrants in the At Large #2 sweepstakes, and as of today there are a couple more.
First, over the weekend Montrose activist David Robinson jumped in. From his press release:
David W. Robinson is a longtime community leader who has served as president of several civic organizations including: the Park Civic Association, Neartown/Montrose Super Neighborhood #24, the Super Neighborhood Alliance, and as a member of the Houston Planning Commission.
Robinson is a small business owner who has run his own architectural firm for the past twelve years. He is an active father, jointly raising his 11-year old daughter, Elissa with his ex-wife.
As a council member Robinson wants to focus on public safety, infrastructure, neighborhood resources and city finances.
A website is coming very soon as well as details about David W. Robinson’s Campaign Launch Party. Stay tuned!
You can see his Facebook page here. I don’t recall having met Robinson, so that’s all I know about him.
Today, former State Rep. Kristi Thibaut joined him in that race. From Hair Balls:
“The city of Houston, like virtually all government entities today, faces challenging financial circumstances,” she said in her announcement. “If elected, I will work constructively with Mayor Parker and my City Council colleagues to meet our current fiscal challenges without sacrificing core services, and to continue moving Houston forward as a great city to work, live and raise a family.”
Rumors that she would be entering the race began to surface recently when a prominent fund-raising group announced it was dropping Jenifer Rene Pool as its candidate in the at-large District 2 race.
Thibaut is someone I do know; you can listen to the interview I did with her for her campaign last year here. If you want to see who else is out there, Noel Freeman has a very helpful spreadsheet of municipal treasurer appointments, which are required in order to raise money for a city office, and a discussion of who’s in and who’s rumored to be in on Facebook. Nothing is final until the filing deadline, of course, but there’s already a lot of names out there.
Who does David Robison represent? He works for H-E-B and represents their interest while he acts as the President of the Neartown Super neighborhood. Why would the President of Neartown take sides with HEB against the residents, the people he is to represent? Did HEB contribute to his campaign? Will he sell off Montrose-Neartown if elected?