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DON "The Emissary" SERIBUTRA for Houston City Council At-Large Position One

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EVIDENCE OF A STEPCHILD COMMUNITY

BREAKING NEWS - SCENES FROM THE ASIAN AMERICAN DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS TEA AND POLITICS EVENT

JUST IN - NEWS 24 HOUSTON TOP STORY - A NEW FACE WILL REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE POSITION ONE

For the 5068 votes which were casted between 10.20 - 10.31.03 and 11.4.03 on election day, I do not consider this the end, nor consider myself a last place candidate. Because of the lack of name recognition and/or full-fledged support for another Houston-area progressive, there are a few grassroot candidates who either have became perennial failures and/or successful on their subsequent bids. I will run again in 2005; as of this writing, plans are underway to form an ad hoc committee to make this campaign stronger - only this time, where my name on the ballot in 2005 was not based on the notion that I was the Hero of Montrose in 2003 because of my involvement with the WestFest.

Campaign Platform:

  • Advocate for the expansion of light rail beyond the 7.5 mile existing Main Street line
  • Supporter of historical preservation in older neighborhoods inside Loop 610
  • Infrastructure improvements – e.g. traffic light synchronization, storm drain improvements
  • Flood Control
  • Business/Economic Development - increasing the # of minority/women-owned businesses contracts wtih the City of Houston
  • Affirmative Action
  • Public Safety – increased response times for 911 calls (less than six minutes without any delay and/or gridlock) in dual jurisdiction communities as well as an advocate in favor of accreditation regarding the HPD crime lab
  • Supporter of Blueprint Houston
  • Affordable housing
  • Preservation of undeveloped greenspace (e.g. for environmental purposes, flood control, and/or deterring sprawl such as building $300,000 townhomes in the White Oak Bayou floodplain)
    • Bio
    Native Houstonian – born and raised in Houston, TX
    Resident of the Fort Bend/Houston Super Neighborhood #41 since 1977 (Fort Bend/Houston was annexed in late 1979 by the City of Houston)
    Graduate of the University of Houston – Clear Lake, University of Houston – Downtown, and Willowridge High School
    Founder, WestFest Purists Organization (10.31.00 - present)
    Freelance Photographer/Writer – non-commissioned w/the Houston Independent Media Center
    Community Activist
    Member, Houston Coalition for Justice Not War, Not in Our Name - Houston, October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation - Houston Chapter, Fair Housing Coalition, River Oaks Area Democratic Women, Houston Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus PAC, Progressive Voters in Action, Asian American Democrats of Texas-Houston
    Non-Resident (Outsider) Member, Harris County Young Democrats (4.20.03 - present)
    Former campaign worker/volunteer/blockwalker, Ada Edwards for Houston City Council District D (July - December 2001), Harris County Democratic Party (July 2002 - present), Tony Sanchez for Texas Governor Campaign (7.29 - 9.23.2002), Re-Elect Debra Danburg Campaign for State Representative TX 134 (July - November 5, 2002)
    NO SECOND-CLASS DIS-SERVICES.
    NO HOLDING BACK.
    NO SUBSTITUTE.

    VOTE FOR ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE ON NOVEMBER 2, 2005 TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE.

    CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS/ENDORSEMENTS

    BEHIND THE SCENES

    Let’s Make Houston history where a candidate is running for city council from the Fort Bend/Houston area – no one has ever campaigned from the southwestern tip of Houston, TX before in a chunk of Fort Bend county that has three politicos – Constable Ruben Davis, Fort Bend County Commissioner Grady Prestage, and Justice of the Peace Joel Clouser.


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    For Somsak "Thuy" Toothong (6.1944 - 10.8.03)

    Paid for by the DON “The Emissary” SERIBUTRA Campaign for City Council, 7023 Dickson Way, Missouri City, TX  77489; (713) 305-3605, Chris Gatlin, Treasurer; e-mail: seributra_d@yahoo.com