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Bill White, Mayor of Houston

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Rating Bill White
Mayor of Houston, USA

City Mayors invites its readers to assess the performance in office of Bill White, Mayor of Houston. Please rate his overall performance by awarding him marks out of ten. '1' signifies an extremely poor performance, while '10' would rate his performance as outstanding. Please also provide details of what in your opinion are the mayor’s best and worst decisions.

Please assess Mayor White not more than once a month. In order to eliminate multiple submissions and/or fraudulent as well as organised rating by political friends and foes of the mayor, all submissions are processed manually and, if deemed questionable, cross-checked. Thank you for participating. Verdict to date

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Bill White, Mayor of Houston, USA
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RESULTS FOR BILL WHITE:
Performance index for October 2008: 8.11 out of 10
Based on 84 evaluations received between 26 September and 31 October 2008
Performance index for September 2008: 9.07 out of 10
Based on 104 evaluations received between 1 September and 25 September 2008

Best decisions during time in office:
• Kerrie P (Houston): We are very proud of how he gets things done!

Janice H (Houston): Helping the people of New Orleans

• Evelyn R: Mayor Bill White is an excellent mayor who is very quick to get things done! He has always demonstrated great leadership skills, and it transpired when Ike hit. He has helped recover as quickly as possible from Hurricane Ike. He has also improved neighborhood water sewage improvements, a reform of the city's pension fund, cutting property tax rates, and pinpointing areas of high crime to help stop criminal activity. He has also shown that he is for pro-environmental policies and want to expand Houstons recylcing efforts, which we desperately need. These are just a few examples of what our wonderful mayor does to keep our city going in the right direction. His great accomplishments as our mayor speak for themselves!

• Santiago F: To help the evacuees from New Orleans a few years. This year he had his heart open for them again that was good. I believe because he open Houston for hurt, Houston became a light house for the hurt and needy. And I know thats why God has spared Houston from disaster from the hurricanes that were headed our way. If our next mayor will do the same wether he or she is a Republican or Democrat , God will spare us again

•J77002: Helping to get Houston recognized a wonderful city in which to live, work and prosper. Mayor White has been excellant for the city and we'll be sorry to see him leave at the end of his tenure.

• Lisa B: His ability to streamline and bring order to s city of chaos. For example, the improvements to parks, libraries and basic city infrastructure. His spearheading of the 'safe and clear' program, which has dramatically improved traffic congestion. And, his efforts to increase recycling and environmental health initiatives -- though difficult to implement due to the attitudes and location of the populace. Also, his efforts helped open our city to victims of Katrina. Now, he is once again proving his leadership skills in helping citizens prepare before and recover after Hurricane Ike.

• Sheila H: Being a People Mayor, who is willing to listen and take on challenges which have him to go down fight and come out sqeeky clean. I apprciate him having the insight to get the Utilities commission to allow Center Point to save for the unseen storms ahead. Thank you Mayor White.

Worst decisions during time in office:
• David DB (Houston): Doing absolutely nothing after Hurricane Rita to prepare Houston's power grid for the aftermath of a Category 2 hurricane. He has squandered tax payers' money on his useless campaign to close adult clubs -- he should have spending money on his city's power grid.

• Janice H (Houston): Not helping Houston.

• Sheila H: The freeway Tow System, this did not allow the people that did not have the means to pay for a tow request one. This was taking the rent for the month, food for the table and baby supplies.

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Mayor Monitor (MM)
City Mayors introduces Mayor Monitor (MM), which allows residents and non-residents to rate the performance of mayors and highlight their ‘best’ and ‘worst’ decisions. Mayor Monitor uses the widely understood one-to-ten rating system, where '1' signifies an extremely poor performance and '10' ‘an outstanding one. In addition to rating mayors’ performances, citizens are invited to highlight the best and worst decisions by city leaders.

Over time, Mayor Monitor will provide a valuable track record of mayors’ successes and failures as well as their popularity among residents and a wider public. The results will be published on the City Mayors website and updated monthly. Full list of mayors

Rating Bill White Mayor of Houston, USA

Rating Bill White
Mayor of Houston, USA