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♪ >> Channel 2 this is Houston
newsmakers with khambrel
Marshall.
Marshall. >> You seem him and his
commercials all over local
airwaves
airwaves on TV person turning Tony
Buzbee threw his hat into the
ring to run for Houston mayor
in a big way declaring that he
would use his own money to fund
his campaign why.
So that voters would know that
he would not owe anyone
anything those donors who give
him money if elected he wanted
to know he was clean and above
all of that well the
runoff now has a chance to
realize his goal of
becoming Houston mayor Tony
Buzbee is here this morning to
talk about the road on his
journey so far and the
challenges ahead as
he moves toward the December
14th election day against mayor
Sylvester Turner good morning,
thanks for stopping by key for
having me good to see you good
to hear this. Race has been a
lot of money on it, yes I have
has been worth
>> we’ll find out soon
one thing and that’s been very
gratifying is the amount of
support that we’ve been able to
to get you know the city of
Houston a
Houston a 664 square miles.
>> It’s community after
community after community and
to to be able to meet.
>> You know we all go around
our little bubble. You know we
all
all have the we got the same
grocery store we go the same
restaurants and when you
campaign in the city of this
magnitude that
magnitude that so sprawling from King would
declare West Houston and all
the great communities that we
have you learn a lot
and it and so it’s been very
satisfied as a first-time
politician and what does it
talk to them and it certainly
is a whole different
perspective is and when you see
all those pockets of
those communities.
those communities. >> Many of them you would have
gotten into right you were not
running for office so I first
that it put you in a fishbowl
that’s for sure you know I’ve
always been in the public eye
just to my law practice and the
kind of cases
that that’s that I pursued, but
but you know you have no
privacy, whatever everybody the
drive by my house
yells out uh it’s it’s it’s but
it’s been it’s been a really
rewarding experiences and the
only bad thing about it is you
know, you know there’s always
what we call haters out there
got that will hate no matter
what you do you could say the
pope and people be mad at you.
And I hate to my children are
exposed to that but beyond that
I would do it again.
Let’s talk about the hills that
you got to climb to win this
race last month when the votes
are all you’re 18 and a half
Percentage
Percentage points behind. The mayor Bill
King was a a big distance drive
down and why Boykins and the
one thing I know is about all
of this is that the rest of the
candidates total make up only
5% of the vote. Yes write so
big between now and the
election coming up
somehow we’ve got to get some
numbers that’s going to make a
difference where you get those
numbers from how do you
motivate people to get out of
that it’s all about
the turnout. It’s all about if
you think the city is on the
wrong track you’ve got to get
off your couch and go voted for
it. It’s so frustrating that
that we have people that will
see that will camp out at
00:05AM in the morning and
stand in line to get an iPhone
or are to go to a
concert or when you know it’s
up to now get a get a Popeye’s
chicken sandwich or in and out. But yet we can’t get them to
vote when it takes one minute
to to cast their vote and make
their voice heard. So
but but to to make that up you
know, and of course I’ve been
an underdog my entire life
to make that up we absolutely
have to get people to vote so
you do understand this is an
underdog kind of fizzled out
about it and you’re comfortable
with that or maybe not
comfortable, but you know what
the deal is you know what you
have to do that’s why we have a
100 people in our campaign
office right now on the
telephone that’s why we have a
100 people blocked walking as
we speak. You know, we know
what it takes is just a matter
of making it happen
keep an eye on the other guy to
see what he’s doing I don’t
think it has been paying
attention You know he’s had for
years that this mayor has said
for years to make our city go.
He has not made our city go he
said for years to do something
about flooding. He hasn’t done
anything said for years to deal
with crime. He hasn’t done it.
He hasn’t got the job done our
focus now is to put our message
out there put ourselves
out there. Get our people to
the polls and hopefully win
this election. You say he has
done anything but certainly
some things have been done you
think that they have been done
to the level that they should
be done he claims he’s a C on
to say about this you know he
says you know a judge me as a
CEO well if you are a CEO of a
company that I owned.
He would be fired you talk
about in your lot of the the
promotional the ads that you’ve
had in your public appearances
about the things that
have not gone right the things
that the failings of the mayor
a notice in the recent
commercial sense.
commercial sense. The runoff appear to start you
actually start talking about
more about things OK we know
from my standpoint what the
mayor is not doing this is what
I’m going to do one of the
things that you have to really
focus on doing that you think
will make a big difference.
We have committed weeks we’ve
we 100 day plan these are the
things we absolutely will
accomplish accomplished in 100
days that which includes
kick starting. Our flood
mitigation efforts talking to
the governor and getting those
flood mitigation funds back
here so we can put those funds
to work to to prevent
flooding going forward we talk
about putting more police
officers on
officers on the streets. We talked about
paying the So we have a very
detailed you know to get to the
runoff with 12 candidates.
That’s tough that’s a tough
road to haul as we say in East
Texas and we made it now I
think people they understand
that that there’s some failings
in City Hall.
They want to hear what we can
do going forward and that’s
what we’ve been focused on
the firefighters union came out
very quickly to indoor she they
said you know that you that you
made a point not to seek and to
us was that
they came out and into us you
anyway, I’m I don’t know that
that means an awful lot of time
in dried bookings had their
doors one as well he barely got
6% that 6% yeah Dwight’s a
great guy and a friend
but I would I would
respectfully submit that that
6% was because the firefighters
working their their tail ends
offer him and that 6% that
swing this election talked
about their up promises the
mayor’s made that that he’s
broken what what are some of
those that you suggested he’s
done that that has not kept
well, he said he would put 600
more police officers on the
street. He did not do that he
said that he would turn dirt on
these flood mitigation issues
he hasn’t done that.
He has he’s helped 15 people in
more than 2 years that were
crushed by Hurricane Harvey,
you know we’re going have a
press conference later today
we’re going to talk about 6 or
8 of his and
the thing is a press conference
we can’t have it go too long
because I could spend most of
the day talking about the
promises that he has broken to
the city of Houston but those are some of the big
ones there. If you had a chance
to talk with him face to face a
notice that that no been not
been debates, he does he’s
ducked out we had 2 scheduled
he’s dip. He’s canceled both of
them and I and I’m
that’s very frustrating because
I think this is this is a job
interview and the people expect
the
the 2 candidates after this long
campaign to be able to
sit in the same room and talk
about the issues and he refuses
to do so if you had an 18 point
lead over somebody who’s going
into a May general election
would you find yourself wanting
to debate
to debate if if I had spent 4 years as
the mayor and I thought had
done a good job,
I’d be down every door to go
tell people how good of a job
done I wouldn’t duckett that’s
what he’s doing. Well I I
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interview want to continue
talking here, I’m about
more about what you would say
some of the details about
what’s going to be going on in
next few weeks and all but what
you want to.
For viewers to know when they
go to the polls to get out a
little bit to make up to my
would you
would you tell them. I mean if you’re
happy with the way Houston
is going. Then then you know
you have your choice, but if
you want to change and you want
our city be on the map where
we’re considered in the
national conversation we talk
about the great cities of
Houston or Texas or the great
cities of the United States.
Then you have
a choice. I’m going to be a
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