Peter Brown: Utterly Confused or Deliberately Deceptive?

You gotta love it when a negative attack is so easily disputed. Even more delicious are those few, rare moments when Mayor White deems it's necessary to get involved in the race to replace him as mayor. 


Brown sent out a mail piece that attacked both Annise Parker and Gene Locke. I heard it was sent to women Republican voters. You can see it right here. The Chron has Mayor White's response:

The mail piece accuses City Controller Annise Parker of missing reporting deadlines for annual audits and “significant deficiencies” that left “Houston's financial security at risk.” 

“The city has not been put at financial risk,” White said in an e-mail released by Parker's campaign. The mayor, who is term-limited and has not endorsed a candidate, added that the delays in the audits were caused by the implementation of new financial accounting software. 

“The Controller is not responsible for these delays and the reasons for delays were discussed openly at City Council meetings with some frequency,” the e-mail says. 

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“Council Member Brown should correct the record and withdraw his misleading accusations,” Parker said in a statement. “Brown's false claim demonstrates his utter confusion at best or a deliberate deception at worst.”

If you follow Mayor White during election seasons, you know he doesn't get involved, so for him to jump in refute Brown's accusation in such a strong way, and call out him for falsely representing what went on in plain view in Council meetings, is not insignificant. 


I hope the Chronicle's coverage of this gets seen by the people who got the deceptive mailer. Going negative when you can back up your claims is fair game. But, when you out right lie, it's just plain wrong. 


I think Parker has the right question for Brown: Is he utterly confused or is he being deliberately deceptive? Vote in the poll to the right.