Hall calls Turner out
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Houston Mayoral Candidate Ben Hall says the African-American community is outraged at the destruction and removal of historically black schools, and he pointed an accusing finger of blame at Sylvester Turner.
Turner was against the $1.9 billion HISD bond campaign before he was suddenly for it. Hall opposed the bond election and says HISD is compromised with “pay to play” politics.
“Mr. Turner has betrayed the black and brown community,” says Hall. “He was a political panhandler during the 2012 HISD bond election, got the black community to vote for it and then sat silently when HISD broke its promises.”
On the Fox 26 broadcast Tuesday afternoon, Turner is suddenly criticizing the very bond deal he helped pass.
“If you are going to be the cheerleader for a bond campaign like Turner did you better do your homework before you get out the pom-poms,” says Hall. “I am not going to stand by and allow Mr. Turner to cloak himself in innocence when he had the opportunity to know better. You have to wonder why he sold out.”
Hall says another mayoral candidate, former tax collector Bill King also has some explaining to do. King was a lawyer on the payroll for HISD at the same time he was running the bond campaign.
“Bill King has already been the Mayor of Kemah and Sylvester Turner has been a politician for decades,” says Hall. “It is time for the public to start looking at their records to follow the money. People are fed up with career politicians.”
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