ADDIE WISEMAN WANTS BETTER COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR AND HIS STAFF!

THE RESPONSE DEBATE RAGES ON AT THE INSITE!

It was 2 weeks ago when you first read here on the Insite that council member Addie Wiseman felt like she and her constituents were being ignored by Mayor Bill White's office. At the heart of the matter was illegal drag racing on Edgebrook in Wiseman's district. Wiseman voiced her concerns here on the Insite. We were able to get her a response from the Mayor's office. That response essentially said that the Mayor's office forwarded the information on to the Houston police department and they had been working on the racing problem since. The Mayor's office provided the Insite with documentation showing the action that had been taken with memos and emails. The only problem, Wiseman's staffers say while The Insite received a response, they had never seen the memos or emails. In fact, they said their first time seeing the documents came when they read them on this site. Wiseman staffers say they were still in the dark about what the Mayor's office and HPD were doing to address the problem until the Insite received the documentation. Now, at the June 14th city council meeting Wiseman confronted Mayor White during pop off. She said, "I'm concerned that since I have not received responses to them (memos) that there might be a break in communication. I've checked on my end and we have no record of receiving the responses and we did verify that the memorandum had been submitted..." Mayor White responded by saying, "First, I'd say that um I can think of two instances and one there was a problem with the process on our end not on your end and another there was a problem that delayed an appropriate follow up. On another, it was communication to the Chief which...you were not copied on." The Mayor also pointed out there were two other problems that lead to Wiseman not getting the appropriate response to the drag racing problem in her district. Keep your eyes and ears open for the ongoing 'Response Debate' between Bill White and Addie Wiseman. I know The Insite will...