Glad to hear that about Mayor White. He sounds like a good man. When I lived in Texas (Irving), Houston had Kathy Whitmire as Mayor - she was a real trip! I remember one controversy she provoked when she decided that western-style cowboy hats were inappropriate accessories for the uniforms for Houston law enforcement, and tried to force them to change to the Eastern big-city style peaked caps. Don't remember if she got away with it, though.
Be safe, and well, and best wishes for a speedy recovery!
When I lived in Houston Lee.P.Brown was mayor and what a useless POS he was.
Another Kathy Whitmire plan was to widen Westheimer by shorting the width of the lanes. People with trucks and Blazers quit using that road because your mirrors would touch.