Council member Alan Walne said he has a response in the unlikely event an anti-war resolution is scheduled."If they got it before the council," he said, "I would introduce a resolution that supports the president and the effort in Iraq."
A number of large cities across the nation have passed anti-war resolutions, but Austin is the only large city in Texas to have done so. The Houston City Council on Wednesday rejected two anti-war resolutions.
According to Cities for Peace, a coalition of city and county officials and citizens working to get local governments to pass resolutions against the possibility of war, 125 cities throughout the country have approved anti-war resolutions.
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"We're going to give our council members a sip of courage," said Randeep Walia, a member of the Dallas Coalition Against the War.
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Middle Easterners Streaming Into Texas: Study Say Most Live In Houston
The HoustonChronicle.com ^ | 2002 | Edward Hegstrom Middle Easterners streaming to Texas
Texas has one of the nation's fastest-growing Middle Eastern populations, and most of the state's immigrants live in Houston, according to a study based on census data.
Researchers at the Center for Immigration Studies say Texas' Middle Eastern population more than doubled in the last decade, to just over 100,000, including more than 52,000 in Greater Houston.