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The Blog I read was on the Burnt Orange Report titled “Endorses Annise Parker for Re-election as Mayor of Houston.”  It’s about who should be Mayor for 2013 in the big city of Houston. The community supported Parker in 2009 and 2011 as Mayor of Houston because of the great job she did. Parker has created jobs, fought crime and built a city for a place to live, work and play, etc. One of her best accomplishments which called “Hire Houston First,” has helped the city with $139 million in business and has provided 6,000 new jobs in Houston. Also she created a balanced financial plan and did not increased taxes. There’s a chance that Parker will win because of her work. This author is obviously directed toward the community within the city to vote for her again to run for Mayor in 2013 because she had made a difference in the city while she was Mayor and for those who will want to see Houston grow and increase more jobs, since Houston is one of the biggest cities in the country. I think the author’s argument is believable because big and small cities deserve a better Mayor that will improve the city. Because of her list of achievements, she deserves the votes of the people in Houston who will want to see the city on a successful path way. I also think the author is making this argument, so people can see that Parker is worthy to be re-elected as Mayor of Houston again.  

I agree with the author’s argument on this blog because it gives a point about how every city needs an awesome leader to lead the city whether the city is big or small, but the population in every city needs someone that will make the city better and give opportunities to people, I believe Parker should be re-elected for Mayor again.

  

DON'T TEXT & DRIVE

In the San Antonio Express News, the editorial “Take the pledge on texting and Driving”, it is clear that texting while driving have been affecting the lives of millions of people in Texas. In 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended to the population that if they are driving, they should not be using any electronic device. According to their estimates, in the prior years they found 3,000 people lost their lives because of using electronic devices while driving. The Texas House passed a bill, 98-47, prohibiting texting while driving, but it died because the Senate Transportation committees denied a vote on the bill. Nonetheless, in Austin, cops will stop people if they see them texting while driving especially around schools when the light is flashing because that is against the law the use of wireless devices in school zones. In this editorial, the authors’ main point is to advice people that texting while driving has been affecting people negatively and it can affect you badly as well.

I agree with the anonymous author’s argument because it’s really important to decrease the deaths of people texting while driving. We still see people driving around with their phone on their hands and ear, as well as people putting makeup on and reading a book or newspaper. Anything that distracts us while driving is very dangerous; it is not just going to affect us, but it will affect other people, so it is very important to have a law that can stop people from distracting others while they on the road. However, now-a-days people still don’t change even though they know it can involve other people’s lives in an accident, and they maintain the same routine texting while driving.