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Someone call the wahmbulance. The Mayor of Houston and the Harris County Judge are having a hissy fit. A large group of business leaders is refusing to get involved in the political fight over election law reforms despite pressure coming from both of the elected officials, both Democrats. What do they do? They cancel their participation in some annual events with the group.
The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) is the largest chamber of commerce group in the Houston area. GHP is an economic development organization for the Greater Houston area. More than 1,000 businesses are members. There are more than 100 members on the board of directors. Every year GHP hosts “State of the City” and “State of County” addresses. The mayor and the county judge (county CEO, not a judicial position) announced Wednesday that neither of them will participate in the annual events this year. Why? This is their idea of retaliation against GHP for the group’s refusal to weigh i
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Hidalgo, Turner cancel addresses at Greater Houston Partnership over voting bills in Legislature
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo (left) and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (right) speak about voting legislation during a news conference in Houston on May 5, 2021. (KPRC)
HOUSTON – Annual addresses made by two high-ranking Houston-area leaders are being moved to a new venue as the debate over voting bills moving through the Texas Legislature continues.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that their respective “state of” addresses that are normally given at the Greater Houston Partnership are being relocated. The leaders said silence by the Partnership on House Bill 6 and Senate Bill 7, which would change the way elections are run in the state, has led them to the decision.
After weeks of pressuring the Greater Houston Partnership to get off the sidelines and speak out against controversial state voting bills, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that they were fed-up with the organization’s silence and officially cancelled their annual State of the City and County speeches, which typically headline high-dollar fundraising luncheons for the group.
The decision to publicly snub the Greater Houston Partnership signals the extent of Hidalgo and Turner’s fury toward the city’s most powerful business organization over its failure to publicly oppose House Bill 6 and Senate Bill 7, two Republican-backed bills that Democrats argue would suppress the vote of minorities, the disabled and residents of major cities like Houston.