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COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS BELL ANNOUNCES:
Council member Chris Bell brings City Hall to the Internet with the launch of CouncilmanBELL on AOL's Digital City Houston.
Houston, Texas March 22, 2000- Houston City Council Member Chris Bell is bringing a first to Houston-- the first LIVE, on-line town hall meeting by a City official. The first electronic town hall meeting with Council Member Bell is Monday, March 27, 2000, from 9:00pm to 10:00pm, CST on America Online's Digital City, Houston, AOL Keyword : Houston Chat. Anyone with internet access will be able to join Chris for this first for an elected official in the City of Houston via : www.home.digitalcity.com/houston/webchat.
"This foray into e-government is one way to make City Hall more accessible to all Houstonians. "I'm thrilled to be able to take my office right to the citizens of Houston", said Bell ,"I can't think of a better way to reach out to people than through the Internet".
The electronic City Hall concept serves the needs of a population which juggles work, family and social commitments, says Bell. "By going online in the late evenings, I'm hoping we'll attract folks who always wanted to chat with a city council member, but couldn't squeeze in a civic club meeting or a visit to city hall during the day."
To Participate in CouncilmanBell LIVE!
AOL Members, go to KEYWORD: HOUSTON CHAT and click on HOUSTON TOWN HALL MEETING LIVE! If you use a different median for accessing the internet, type in the following URL: www.home.digitalcity.com/houston/webchat. Click on Town Meeting with CouncilmanBELL, a registration screen will pop up, fill it out and you'll soon be chatting with Chris ,live!
Hey HouSnitch readers...here's your chance to ask a councilmember...about all the stuff ya'll read here...let's go for it...let's really ask him the hard questions & what he's going to do about all this mess....Don't let me down Snitch readers...let's give him an ear full!!!!
The Texas Ethics Commission has accepted HouSnitch's complaint against Lee P. Brown...
TO PROTECT & SERVE
That is the job of our police department. SIX WEEKS AGO OUR WEBSITE,
REPORTED THAT THE MAYOR'S SECURITY TEAM HAD BEEN ASKED TO GIVE UP THEIR OVERTIME PAY WHILE ON THE TRIP TO AFRICA. LAST WEEK, THANKS TO THE REPORTING OF MATT SCHWARTZ WITH THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, WE ALSO FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE TO PAY BACK SOME OF THE MONEY THEY WERE GIVEN FOR EXPENSES. AND PAID MANY EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING THIS TRIP
OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET.
TO MAKE THEM LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES AT THANKSGIVING IS BAD ENOUGH. BUT TO HAVE THEM PAY THE EXPENSE OF PROTECTING YOU ON YOUR FOLLY IS A DISGRACE.
YOUR INACTION ON THIS MATTER SPEAKS VOLUMES. FOR SOMEONE WHO ONCE WORE THE SAME UNIFORM
THEY DO. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HOW HARD IT IS TO LIVE ON A POLICEMAN'S PAY?
YOU RAISED MORE THAN $3 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN TREASURY. FOR YOU NOT TO PAY FOR THESE PEOPLE'S EXPENSES, AND TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AT A TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN ALL FAMILIES SEEK TO BE TOGETHER, MAKES YOU A THIEF. YOU STOLE
THEIR TIME FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AND STOLE MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKETS IN THE PROCESS.
AS YOU SIT BY AND DO NOTHING IN THIS MATTER, I AM REMINDED OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S QUOTE "SILENCE IS THE SAME AS BETRAYAL".
GET OFF YOUR THRONE, PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL JACK LINVILLE, OR GROVER JACKSON, OR SUE WALDEN, OR WHOEVER IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS ON YOUR CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT, AND PAY YOUR SECURITY
TEAM, INCLUDING THE OVERTIME THAT IS DUE THEM. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
LEADER OF THIS CITY----LEAD! TO DO ANYTHING LESS MAKES YOU A THIEF.
On to senseless loss & waste of our tax dollars ... click on the links below to see this week's garbage out of the City of Houston.
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