Vote against Scott Houston for West Basin Municipal Water District Board if you don’t want additional unnecessary water rate hikes.
All three candidates are “progressive” (ultra-liberal) Democrats, and two-time City Council loser Houston is the absolute worst of the three. Vote for Stephen Murray instead.
Houston supported Measure P, the firefighter union’s initiative (4/10/12), which was defeated by 90 percent of El Segundo voters. It would have disbanded our local Fire Department and transferred our fire and paramedic services, and firefighters, to Los Angeles County for inferior services.
It would have eliminated 31% of our on-duty firefighters, two paramedic squads, and all three paramedic transport ambulances, doubling hospital transport times.
Houston lobbied the City Council (2/15/11) to enact Measure P directly into law without allowing the voters to vote on it!
Houston supported 13 tax hikes, including the 11 in Measure A that voters overwhelmingly defeated (4/8/14).
Houston took endorsements and huge campaign contributions from the police officers’ “association” (union). Police, firefighter, and other government unions support candidates and ballot measures that will give them the biggest pay and pension increases, and raise our taxes to pay for it.
That’s why El Segundo police and firefighters are paid $150,000 to more than $330,000 each in total annual compensation.
Houston campaigns claiming qualifications and positions he does not possess. He wants to use WBMWD as a stepping stone to higher office to promote Big Government tax-and-spend policies.
Houston is a government union puppet, not a representative of the people.
Michael D. Robbins
Former Councilman
El Segundo
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