Just how happy a birthday will Mayor White have?
Mayor Bill White sure is ramping up his campaign these days. Heck, his campaign Twitter username, TX4BillWhite, has about 1,100 followers. Okay, it's not quite a million, but they are Tweeting a lot.
Okay, back to what's going on today. It's the Mayor's 55th birthday, and his kids sent out a campaign appeal to donate $55 bucks to the Mayor on his birthday. Don't know how much money he'll pull in at tonight's birthday party yet, but he's been running around the state shaking hands and finding money.
Just last week, White’s campaign held a fundraiser for young people at Discovery Green. The price tag was light, around $25 bucks, but the idea was to get the younger set excited. The campaign was selling t-shirts with something that’s supposed to be considered a “hip” logo printed on them. The logo’s appeal was debatable. You can see for it yourself on this blog. I thought it tended to accentuate White’s ears more than normal. However, the event was fairly successful. They raised about $15,000. That’s decent for the cash bar, happy hour crowd.
Having young professionals events for politicians are nothing new. However, I’m always entertained by how many not-so-young folks showed up. Namely, there were three of the current five Mayoral candidates, a few judicial candidates, and several potential council members. White tried to be diplomatic, and didn’t refer to any of them by name. Gene Locke, Annise Parker, and Peter Brown all seemed to get along. Then again, they do have to go to a lot Mayoral forums from now until election day.
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