Desis For Texas Endorses Jay Aiyer, Houston City Council At Large No. 2

I am pleased to announce that the endorsement committee of Desis For Texas has unanimously voted to endorse Jay Aiyer in his bid for Houston City Council. As a native Houstonian, the honour of writing the 'blog announcement has fallen to me.

Jay Aiyer's bid for City Council represents the triumph of the desi immigrants. As mentioned in an earlier post, we have been coming here for generations, preoccupied with working hard to provide the kind of opportunity that was never available in the homelands. Jay was able to attend top-notch schools in Alief and Fort Bend ISD, my beloved alma mater, The University of Texas and later, law school here in Texas. He was a first-class student at every step of the way, all of which paved the way for his career in public service.

Jay's devotion to the City of Houston has been obvious at every step of his career and in every action taken. He's served as Chief of Staff to the Mayor's Office, bring his history of sound management and efficiency development to the organised chaos that was once the municipal bureaucracy. He's helped streamline and energize the Houston Community College System, making higher education not only more affordable, but of a higher quality. He's participated in leadership forums and mentorship programmes for Houston entrepreneurs and aspiring civil servants.

And yet, while he has a sterling history, we are not endorsing him because of it. We are endorsing him because we believe that his future is more promising. Jay's vision of what Houston can be and how we can get there is an exciting game plan for the country's third largest city.

• Using the private sector in conjunction with public sector coordination will not only free up quite a bit of redundant municipal spending, but will also bring Houstonians better services with greater speed.


• Consolidating the training of first-response emergency aid workers into a centralised system and integrating this academy with the Houston Community College System will not only provide for more robust and better trained emergency force, it will do so at a significantly cheaper cost.


• Houston is about to undergo an infrastructure crisis. We need to have manageable and affordable mass transit. Jay's plan to further develop what Bill White began will only lead to a safer and more navigable environment in which businesses can flourish.
  

Jay Aiyer's vision for Houston is the right vision, and Desis For Texas is proud to lend him all the support that we can.

Dheeraj