BILL WHITE BLASTING AWAY WITH NEW GUN FROM FORT WORTH

Written by Fort Worth Star Telegram

The Fort Worth Star Telegram posted this article:

"Firing away in governor's race"

Bill White get rousing support at Colonial Club in Fort Worth

"FORT WORTH -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White received an unusual gift Tuesday morning while speaking to a standing-room only gathering of Country Club Friends at Colonial Country Club.

There, he received a Mossberg 20-gauge shotgun, courtesy of Fort Worth's Ben Boothe, an economic, environmental and valuation consultant.

On it was a note that it was a gift "for coyotes and other pests," referring to the incident of GOP Gov. Rick Perry shooting a coyote while out on a jog one day.

"You've got a bigger gun," Boothe said. "Good hunting, Bill White."

Anna M. Tinsley

Afterward Fox TV, Fox 4 News did a film interview of Ben Boothe Sr. at the Boothe Ranch. Brandon Todd of Fox 4 asked: "What does the gun and the gift mean?"

Conservatives at Colonial Country Club cheered Bill White, one man stood up and said: "I'm a Republican and I'm voting for you!"

Boothe, who owns an environmental consulting firm (www.environment-solutions.com), appraisal business (www.benboothe.com) , and a Wind Turbine distributorship (wind-inc.com), replied: "Well, consider that Rick Perry is out jogging and sees a Coyote and pulls a little pistol out of his jogging shorts and shoots it dead. He thought that was a macho thing to do.

"Now Bill White has a much larger gun, a shotgun, and every time little Rick pulls his gun out of his jogging shorts, Bill White can blast away with the truth, and set the record straight with integrity and facts."

An excellent example is the solid foundation of business executive type management experience that Bill White demonstrated while Mayor of Houston. Bill is not a person of "flair" and he isn't a showman, by nature. But he is solid, a concensus builder, and his reputation for bringing Republicans and Democrats together to achive important goals is what we need.

That is what the symbol of the "gun"means. Bill White represents integrity, Perry, has been more ideolgical, in the "good old boy" crowd. He has had a long run at it, and it is time now for another horse. We think Bill White is a throughbred.

When the local celebrity, Don Woodard, (founder of FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES) calls a meeting, leaders come. Indeed the group has attracted so many leaders over the years it is often called Ft.Worth's second City Council. At this meeting the former Speaker of the House of Reprentatives, Jim Wright, as well as several City Councilmen, State Representatives,a table of 2, 3, 4 star generals, community leaders,reporters from several news publications, doctors, lawyers, numerous business executives joined in applause for Bill white.

There was a feeling of a movement of energy toward Bill White from some of Fort Worth's best!

The people at Colonial Country Club, a conservative "Republican" crowd by nature, agreed that he is like a breath of fresh air. In Houston, White always got 70% to 80% of the largely Republican vote, and we see why. He comes across with rock solid credentials and an "all business" attitude.

One well known businessman stood up and said: "I'am a Republican and I am voting for you!" Another said: "You sound more like a Republican than a Democrat, I support you".