[LincolnLover]

Oh my, the Sanchez folks must be concerned!

He's a pretty boy with the personality of a wet mop who hopes to dupe this city's huge Hispanic population into voting for him (he's Cuban) just because of his last name. His city council record is, to put it mildly, unimpressive. He's also easily flustered, as shown by his curious charge about Bill White representing "big business" (I believe he used the phrase, "Enron-sized"), a very odd thing for a Republican in a big business-oriented city to say.

Well, not odd if you recognize the desperation behind his words.

What's next? A late Sanchez ad about Bill White and Hillary Clinton being separated at birth due to an insidious plot by an "Enron-sized" business to, one day, lay seige to both the country (Hillary for Prez in 2004) and the nation's fourth-largest city (Bill for Mayor in 2003)in a sort of "liberal blitzkreig"?

Anyway, Orlando Sanchez is a singularly uninspiring candidate, one who, yes, likely had an election stolen from him in 2001 but from that point forward did little if anything to endear himself to area GOPers (e.g., ignored calls to run against Chris Bell in 2002).

And another thing: Robert Eckels' last-minute proclamation that existing rail lines running off of 290 could "adequately" provide mobility to/from the main Metro line running to downtown is as transparent a ploy I've seen raised in quite some time. The knee-jerk anti-rail/"flat earth society" forces aren't going to prevail this time around.

Bill White is far and away the most qualified candidate this time around. Its sad the best the GOP could do this go-round, ultimately, was Orlando.

Look at the bright side: White's far, far better than Lee Brown, the most ignorant public servant I've ever seen.

Can't wait to see THAT egomaniac's picture taken down near the airport...

[StolarStorm]

I know Bill White personally. You don't want him as mayor. The man is a complete scumbag.

[RikaStrom]

Bill White is a lawyer. He is not a business man.

Every time I hear one of his spots on the radio I get more annoyed with him. He sounds like a tattle tell child every time he goes "You know what?".

[Barney Gumble]

Bill White is a Clinton liberal. He will raise taxes and plans to put tolls on exisitng roads.

[hopespringseternal]

The knee-jerk anti-rail/"flat earth society" forces aren't going to prevail this time around.

Having looked at Metro's plan, I do believe Metro deserves the "flat earth society" appellation far more than their opponents.

Fact: Metro's plan does nothing for traffic, and can only make things worse since cars will be sharing roadway with trains.

Fact: For the increase in ridership under Metro's plan, Metro could just buy each new rider a new car, and a very nice one at that.

Fact: Metro doesn't have the money to fund their proposal and are counting on funds the federal tranportation authorities tell Metro they aren't going to get.

Fact: Metro is a $600 million concern run by a dishonest high school graduate who lied about her education (she was a few classes short of a degree, yet claimed the degree.) She also fired another employee for lying about her education.

Fact: Metro receives 45% of the federal transportation dollars for the Houston area and services 2% of the population.

If you are a Metro proponent, you are either stupid or dishonest. Metro is nothing but a real estate scam for Bill White's buddies.

[Txslady]

Is that why the lady across the street has her "Vote Bill White" sign up - right next to her "A.N.S.W.E.R." sign?