HPOU Concludes All Screenings, Endorses Bill White for Mayor
Mayoral candidate Bill White gets official word of HPOU endorsement from Union President Hans Marticiuc and HPOU members. |
By Tom Kennedy
Declaring that Houston businessman Bill White has the financial skills “to get Houston moving again,” the Houston Police Officers’ Union endorsed him for mayor in the Nov. 4 city election.
“Bill White has the skills to get Houston moving again,” HPOU President Hans Marticiuc said in a Sept. 25 news conference at Union headquarters. “This is good for motorists and for police officers responding to calls for help.
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President's Message
By Hans Marticiuc
Of Anxiety, Tax Rollbacks and, Most Importantly, White for Mayor
Hopefully most of you took the time to read the mail piece I sent out in an effort to quell the never-ending, unproductive rumors that we so love to engorge ourselves in. The bottom line is this is not the 1980s when we had no say as to what our environment looked like.
Our situation is so much different from that time. At that time we were not organized, we didn’t have an elected bargaining agent, we didn’t have a contract and we didn’t have a substantial PAC and a well-deserved reputation that goes with it.
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EDITORIALS: Election Information
By Tom Kennedy
HPOU’s POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TIRELESSLY screened all major candidates for mayor of Houston and found that Bill White meets the criteria necessary to merit the votes of all Houston police officers, their families and their friends.
Auxiliary Officer Frank Kellogg Dies from Wounds Suffered in Scuffle with a Drunken Wife Abuser
By Nelson Zoch
Frank Leslie Kellogg was born in 1919 and was a native of South Haven, Michigan. By 1955 he had been a Houston resident for 18 years and was employed by Shell Oil as a bus driver. Married with two children, he had been a City of Houston Auxiliary Officer for two and a half years.
While off duty, Officer David Riggs Sets Sail to Relaxation by Building Model Ships – in Great Detail
By Tom Kennedy
Even before David B. Riggs joined the Houston Police Department in 1974 he knew he was a detail man.
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