Now that The President gets to make a Supreme Appointment, White Males probably need not apply. National Latino leaders and organizations are mobilizing right now trying to get the first Latino/Latina appointed to the Supreme Bench. Women’s organizations will also be making the push for a female appointment. Sorry White Dudes, no se puede this time.
H-Town Council Member Toni Lawrence created a bit of a stir that has the potential to go national when she commented at this week’s Council meeting on the child that died of the H1M1 bug the other day at the Medical Center. She’s probably thinking right now that she should not have said anything. The Chron has two articles on her comments. Check them out:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6402327.html And: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6402170.html.
Here’s a statement that H-Town CM James Rodriguez is putting out this morning on the remarks:
“During our City Council meeting this week, my colleague, Council Member Toni Lawrence made reference to the 23 month old child who died of Swine Flu in a local hospital. She emphasized that ‘The child was not a United States citizen’ and added that ‘we need to do things for Houston and not for anybody else.’ Consequently, those comments have negatively alarmed many residents throughout the city.
“Now is not the time for rhetoric that could potentially have a negative impact on public health. Now is not the time to inject a person’s immigration status in this very critical issue. If an individual is showing symptoms, we want them to seek immediate medical treatment without fear of being questioned of their status. If we do not alleviate these concerns quickly, people will not seek treatment. Unfortunately, they will not restrict their contact with neighbors either. At this time, the treatment of all cases is more imperative than any discussion on immigration status.
“I want to urge everyone, regardless of their background, to see their physician if they feel ill. If they do not have a physician, they can visit a Federally Qualified Health Clinic, such as El Centro de Corazon, which has clinics at 412 Telephone and 7037 Capitol.
“My deepest condolences go out to the family of the deceased child.”
Nice job James.
CM Lawrence’s remarks have the potential of driving paperless folks further away from the system. They may be fearful of going to a local clinic if they feel a little woozy, but they’ll stand there next to you and me at the local Fiesta loading up on milk, bread, hamburger meat, and Corn Flakes. It also has a decidedly negative impact when trying to get these folks to participate in next year’s Census.
Speaking of, don’t forget to attend tomorrow’s H-Town Census 2010 Meeting at 1 pm at the George R. Brown Convention Center. This is an important gathering for sure.
After four days of Early Voting in the H-Town City Council District H Election, 29 Downtown voters, 265 at Moody Park, and 52 at Ripley House.
Congrats go the Rockets for advancing.
‘Stros closer Joe Green Valley is still out for a while. The Big Puma is batting a buck sixty-two. We go with Hampton, Roy O, and Wandy this weekend in the ATL so I feel OK about things.
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