From City Council To County Commissioner?

Council Member Toni Lawrence Announces Exploratory Committee

for Harris County Commissioner Precinct 4 GOP Candidacy

Starts with more than $100,000 in exploratory campaign account

 

Houston – Today, former Cy-Fair high school teacher and current Houston City Council member Toni Lawrence announced the formation of a Republican Primary Exploratory Committee for Harris County Commissioner Precinct 4. She will be transferring more than $100,000 from her city council campaign account into an exploratory county commissioner campaign committee.

 

Current Precinct 4 Commissioner Jerry Eversole has yet to announce his plans to run for reelection.  Lawrence said Commissioner Eversole has worked diligently on the Commissioners Court for almost twenty years, but expressed her view that its time for a new Republican voice for Precinct 4. If elected, Lawrence would be the first Republican female to serve on the Harris County Commissioners Court.

 

Lawrence, known as one of the hardest working members of the Houston City Council, is completing her third term representing District A and will immediately begin testing the waters by visiting with community leaders and Republican voters across County Commissioner Precinct 4 which overlaps most of North and Northeast Harris County.

 

“As I explore a run for County Commissioner, I will listen to voters and community leaders’ ideas on how we can make Harris County a better place to live while highlighting my record of accomplishment on the Houston City Council,” said Lawrence.  “I feel my experience as a taxpayers’ watchdog, mobility advocate and strong supporter of neighborhood integrity will be a good fit on the Commissioners Court.  It would be an honor to continue and expand upon my public service in this new role.”

 

During her three terms on the Houston City Council, Lawrence helped pass a local property tax rate cut on four separate occasions, led the effort to require immigration enforcement training for Houston Police Department officers, passed a local ordinance cracking down on massage parlors, gaming rooms, and sexually oriented businesses, and improved local quality of life through increased neighborhood police protection. Lawrence also helped coordinate the delivery of supplies to families recovering from recent hurricanes.