Palm Card,  4 1/4" x 10".

Bill White is a successful businessman, so he knows how to control spending, balance budgets, invest for the future and create jobs.

He applied his business skills as mayor of Houston, where he cut tax rates five times and helped the area lead the nation in job growth.

As Governor,
Bill White will work for Texans:

Creating jobs by attracting new companies to Texas and helping small businesses grow.

Making education a priority with a five point plan to equip Texans with the skills they need to compete for good jobs.

Squeezing the value out of every dollar, giving taxpayers their money's worth.

 It's time we had a governor who is only in it for Texas.

www.BillWhiteForTexas.com * (713) 659-9000

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Criado en San Antonio, el hijo de maestros de escuelas públicas, Bill aprendió el valor de un dólar y de una buena educación.

Un veterano discapacitado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el padre de Bill utilizó el proyecto de ley GI y fue el primero en su familia en asistir a la universidad. Siguiendo su ejemplo, Bill ganó una beca para ayudarlo a asistir a la universidad.

Bill White y su esposa Andrea criaron a tres hijos, y la familia asiste Saint Luke's United Methodist Church, donde Bill daba clases los domingos.

Bill White trabajará duro para preparar a Texanos para el futuro.

Bill White está aquí para Texas.

Brochure, 8 7/8" x 10 7/8".

"I am bound for Texas or the good world or both together."

Bill White's great, great, great, great grandparents shown about, wrote to their daughter and son-in-law before they all left to find opportunity in Texas in 1850. The next generation of Bill's family used the brand shown below in the 1870s, when Texans took cattle up the Chisholm Trail.

Bill White
FOR TEXAS
A Governor for Texas' Future

Pol. Adv. Bill White



"Now is our time to build a better future full of opportunity with Texas grit and common sense. As Governor, I will work to strengthen our economy, squeeze the value out of every tax dollar, and equip Texans with the skill and technology to compete for good jobs."
Bill White

Bill White helped build successful businesses throughout Texas.

As Houston's mayor, Bill reduced crime rates to the lowest levels in decades.

Bill and his wife Andrea organized their community to bring dropouts back to school.

Bill started nationally recognized programs to help our veterans.

As Houston's mayor, Bill cut property tax rates five straight years.

 

A TEXAS HERITAGE WITH TEXAS VALUES

Bill's great, great grandfather William Howard, from whom Bill takes his middle name, settled near modern-day Corsicana around 1846.

Bill's great grandfather Jack Byrd was a pioneer in Jones County, north of Abilene. Bill's grandmother Lillie White is in the center of this photo.

Bill's grandfather, Will White, worked in cow towns near Abilene and Corpus Christi over 100 years ago. He is in the light jacket in Sinton in this photo.

Bill's grandparents, Martha and Al, square dancing at Fort Sam Houston. Al, half Cherokee, retired from the army in San Antonio after fighting in two wars.

Bill's family operated this general store in Caldwell County, shown in this 1894 family reunion photo.

Beginning at age 15, Bill's grandmother, Martha, worked for 50 years at this store and others in San Antonio, saving money for her daughter's education.

Bill's dad landed on Omaha Beach and despite war injuries was the first in his family to go to college, using the G.I. Bill. He held down two jobs when Bill was growing up in San Antonio.

An American Legion scholarship helped Bill attend college, the foundation of a successful business career.

Bill White, husband, father, civic leader, and Sunday school teacher.

BILL WHITE FOR GOVERNOR
www.BillWhiteforTexas.com

Bio,  8 1/2" x 11".

Mayor Bill White Biography

Bill White fights for the people he represents, and brings people together to get things done. That's why as Houston's Mayor, he's been re-elected twice with margins of 86% and 91%. During his time as mayor, the Houston area led the nation's cities in job growth, adding more jobs than sixteen states combined.

Bill White made Houston more efficient by reforming municipal pensions, reducing traffic delays, and cutting energy consumption even as the city grew. During his time as mayor, the government has provided more services -- including parks, libraries, and health clinics -- while consistently cutting the property tax rate and raising exemptions for seniors and disabled citizens.

Bill White made public safety one of his highest priorities and saw Houston's crime rates drop to the lowest levels in more than 25 years. For this leadership and dedication to fighting crime, he received the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award.

In a recent editorial, the Houston Chronicle praised White's management skills and his hit-the-brakes approach to spending, noting, "Mayor White has deftly steered Houston through both fiscal and tropical storms. His successor will have a tough act to follow." Before that, Governing Magazine named White one of its 2007 Public Officials of the Year explaining, "In time of both crisis and calm, White, a former business executive ... is a cool pragmatist who wants results rather than excuses."

The results of his strong leadership were noticed nationally in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Bill "mobilized more than 100,000 Houstonians in the public, private business and faith-based communities to help evacuees rebuild their lives with independence and dignity," said the John F. Kennedy Foundation in presenting him the Profiles in Courage Award, "in recognition of his political courage in leading a compassionate and effective government response to the disaster."

Bill was also recently honored by the Houston Military Affairs Council for his work in spearheading a regional Returning Veterans Initiative designed to give returning veterans the welcome they deserve with coordinated social services, reductions in red tape, and employment opportunities. The Department of the Army has recognized this initiative as one of the finest in the country and Houston has been named one of the most military friendly cities to live and work.

Bill has been a nationally recognized energy expert for decades, pushing for practical measures to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil with higher fuel economy standards for cars, aggressive energy efficiency programs, more production of domestic natural gas, and greater reliance on domestic renewable resources. Before serving as mayor, White built one of the region's most successful businesses. Previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Energy of the United States, where he helped diversify national energy supplies and saved taxpayers more than a billion dollars with management reforms. As a legislative assistant in Congress in the 1970's, he worked on landmark energy legislation.

Earlier in his career, he helped build and manage one of the nation's most successful law firms. White attended Harvard University on an American Legion scholarship and law school at the University of Texas.

Bill White grew up in San Antonio. Both his parents were public school teachers and his father is a disabled WWII veteran. Bill's civic involvement began when he led voter registration drives on the San Antonio's West Side almost forty years ago.

For decades, Bill White and his wife Andrea have helped lead numerous charitable and civic organizations. Together they started the Expectation Graduation to reduce dropout rates, engaging volunteers throughout Texas to bring dropouts back to school. Andrea is an author of books for young readers and helped start a nationally-recognized foundation to improve public schools. The Whites are parents of three children and attend St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, where Bill taught Sunday school for many years.
 
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