THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN HOUSTON!Dear Friends,
Houston, like our great nation, has risen from the stuff dreams are made of – the confidence to believe in a hopeful future, the will to take a risk to achieve something extraordinary, the instinct for bold and decisive action to rise above the commonplace, to transcend business-as-usual.
We are in this fortunate place because people of vision had a dream of a better city, and worked to make it happen – people like Jesse Jones, Howard Hughes, Judge Roy Hofheinz, George Mitchell, Mayor Kathy Whitmire, and Rod Canion. This is the defining edge of real leadership – to see beyond the obvious and make possibilities a reality.
When I visit neighborhoods all over Houston, I know that the “American Dream” is alive and well in our great city. This is the “Can Do” spirit that brought us the Houston Ship Channel, the Astrodome, our traditional neighborhoods, rail transit, the majestic skyscrapers of our Downtown, Hermann Park and now Discovery Green. We are and should remain a “Can Do” city.
I believe in the future of our great city – that we can protect our neighborhoods and property values, that we can reduce crime, safeguard the environment, improve health care and public education, and build a vital, more inclusive, urban economy. But it will take a new level of thinking, and action. We cannot solve our problems, from traffic congestion and crime, to air pollution, flooding, and neighborhood decline, with the same level of thinking that created the problems in the first place.
To accomplish this, we must embrace a shared vision of the future we all want – a more efficient, prosperous, inclusive, livable, “green,” and beautiful international city.
This is not just a “dream”, but a clear vision. A clear vision is the energizer of progress. As an architect and urban planner, I have designed master planned communities in 12 states where today almost 250,000 people live. I have designed just about every type of municipal facility – parks, recreation centers, clinics, libraries, city halls, and court houses. I know what works in our great city.
Let us join together in a shared vision for Houston based on practical experience. Ordinary people joined together can accomplish extraordinary things.
Best Regards,
Peter Brown
Council Member
At-Large, Position 1
Peter Brown is definitely positioning himself to become the next Mayor. And there is nothing wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteHe has JOLO's unofficial endorsement (unless Jarvis Johnson runs)
What was the purpose of this rambling statement? Was he answering an inquiry? Promoting something? Seems rather disjointed, out-of-the-blue, etc. Oh right, it's a Peter Brown senior moment.
ReplyDeleteHas he done ANYTHING he promised to do as Councilmember? NOPE. Why would anyone vote for him as Mayor?
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