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Candidates file in Missouri City

February 8, 2010 2:48 pm

Today is the first day candidates can start filing for the May 8 city election in Missouri City, and there's already a handful of people who've done so.

Newcomer Danny Nguyen has filed for the At-Large Position 2 slot being vacated by retiring Councilman Buddy Jimerson.

Banker and incumbent Mayor Allen Owen is running for re-election to his ninth two-year term in that office, and hospital administrator Jerry Wyatt will seek his seventh term as the At-Large Position 1 councilman.

Nguyen, 43, who lives in Lake Olympia, is a commercial Realtor and developer. According to his business Web site, he is the president and founder of the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce, and has taught Vietnamese as an adjunct professor at Houston Community College.

Owen, 65, lives in Quail Valley and was first elected mayor in 1994. He also served as a city councilman for eight years and on the Planning and Zoning Commission for five years.

Wyatt, 62, has held the At-Large Position 1 seat since 1998.

Candidates have until 5 p.m. March 8 to sign up for the May 8 race. The city ballot also will include referendum votes on a number of issues, including smoke-free restaurants, city-wide garbage service and creation of a homestead exemption for city property taxes.

Would-be candidates can file with the city secretary at City Hall, 1522 Texas Parkway in Missouri City. An election packet is available on-line at the city’s Web site, www.missouricitytx.gov.

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, be a citizen of the United States, must have lived in Texas at least one year, and must be a resident of Missouri City “for the six months immediately preceding that person’s election.”

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Comments

Look, it is common knowledge that on these small town suburban

Submitted by rounders on 02-09-2010 at 08:45 am.

Look, it is common knowledge that on these small town suburban areas the councils are handpicked by the large development companies and not the citizens. It is no different in this situation as is obvious from the story. The mayor is a commercial/retail banker and you have another developer running for office. What do you expect in sleepy suburbia. Your taxes will continue to pay for their projects and that is just the way it is. It's all about the 100s of millions in bonds guaranteed by the taxpayer. Enjoy the royal screw!

My familly do not accept him .! ! !

Submitted by BICHTRANG NGUYEN (not verified) on 05-04-2010 at 10:11 pm.

My age is same his age .He is lucky than me .He get everything that American kids have but I did not . The communist threw my life 24 years ago .My dad went to the jail 14 years. I will never , never forgive them.Maybe money turn a blind his eyes. And with him , I do not believe him...
We have a lot of diffirent ways to do helping for VIETNAMESE in VIETNAM .
Once again I do not accept him.

Opposition to Danny Nguyen for councilman At-Large - Position 2

Submitted by Tony Do (not verified) on 05-05-2010 at 09:28 am.

I strongly condemned and opposed the Danny Nguyen as a Candidate At-Large Councilman for the Missouri City for his position in support of the Communist Vietnam Consulate in Houston that our Vietnamese American Community has voiced opposition its present here in the last few months. We sincerely call for our voters in the district 2, Missouri City, NOT to vote for HIM on the May 8 Election Day.