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THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY FOR ALL: President Barack Obama Has Laid Out A Plan Of How He Will Rescue, Rebuild, Restore...And Create A New Foundation For Prosperity In America • Page 18
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Jarvis Johnson as a Houston City Councilman has Brought $1.9 Billion To His District for Infrastructure projects
President Barack Obama Outlines $30 Billion New Small Business Lending Fund To Help Businesses Across America
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Why I Should Be The Next Congressman for The 18th Congressional District in Houston he people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas deserve an effective representative who will work to build coalitions that help move the entire community forward. They deserve one who will work with our President and is respected by fellow Democrats. The 18th Congressional District deserves someone who can generate new ideas and bring dollars back to the community on his own. We don't need one who will take the credit for the work of others and treat the constituents as an after-thought. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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READ THE ENTIRE MESSAGE FROM CANDIDATE JARVIS JOHNSON INSIDE THIS ISSUE O ON PAGE • 5
FORT BEND COUNTY KEY RACES
resident Barack Obama recently will be our number outlined the new Small Business one focus in 2010, Lending Fund, which will transand we're going to fer $30 billion from the Troubled start where most Asset Relief Program to a new program new jobs do - with that will support small business lending. small businesses. The Small Business Lending Fund will be This proposal takes targeted at community and smaller banks the money that was that lend the most to small businesses, repaid by Wall Street and offer incentives for banks to banks to provide capital increase small business lending. for community banks on In the State of the Main Street. Union Address, the Together with our BUSINESS President outlined a proposal to cut taxes series of proposals for small businesses to spur to create jobs and grow our nation's hiring and increase wages, we are small businesses. Last week, President making the critical investments we Obama outlined a new Small Business need for our economic recovery.” Jobs and Wages and Tax Cut to encourage “As I have met small businesses hiring and create incentives for employers owners from across the country, they all to increase wages for already existing employees. President Barack Obama said, “Jobs continued on page, P.23
PEOPLE MAKING MOVES IN BUSINESS & POLITICS ACROSS AMERICA
THE LEGISLATIVE CHAMPION Rep. Al Edwards Earns Statewide "Legislative Champion" Award for his Doctor Shortage Legislation Texas Association of Community Health Centers honors the Houston lawmaker with its Legislative Champion Award
KEY COMPETITIVE RACE IN FORT BEND Pictured above are Attorney Ron Reynolds and President Barack Obama. See who some of the other major candidates are in the Fort Bend County area on • PAGE • 19
Houston, TX - Houston's Central Care Community Health Center has honored State Rep. Al Edwards (DHouston) for the historic Physician Loan Repayment Program measure he authored in the Texas Legislature during the past Session. Rep. Edwards was presented the Legislative
State Representative Al Edwards was a super delegate for President Barack Obama during his historic run to become President of the United States of America. Edwards is seeking re-election in the March 2nd Democratic Primary.
Champion Award by the Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) for his work during the 81st Texas Legislature. The program he passed is designed to bring physicians to medically underserved areas of the state and also to provide a cut in the franchise tax for at least 40,000 small businesses in Texas. The measure emerged as one of the centerpiece bills of the 2009 legislative session. “Physicians and health centers consider this new program to be the most significant legislation to pass in decades because of its potential to bring basic medical care to millions of Texans in please see page, P.11
ARE YOU BUILDING WIN-WIN RELATIONSHIPS? onnect: As we go through this journey we call life we will meet many people. Sometimes we make an immediate connection with people and then there are times that it takes a matter of time for a relationship to develop. My mother used to say that, “some folks seem to grow on you.” But what we must take into account is that all of those relationships will not be positive. But through
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it all, we must still continue to connect in signs of a toxic or unfruitful relationship. I'm order to grow as individuals. not saying to be fearful. But it is wise to be Construct: Interaction with individuals is careful and allow process to take place. the only way to build relationships. However, Cultivate: To foster growth in a relawe must use wisdom, discernment and tionship there will be choices and chances that you take .So it is patience and we must By Bishop K.J. Brown spend a considerable advisable to ask the amount of time commuright questions not only nicating with others. Sometimes, we can desire to that individual but to yourself as you to have a connection so badly that we ignore grow in your relationship.
Consider: We have to classify and evaluate our relationships on an ongoing basis. There are levels of friendship. We have associates, coworkers, clients, family ect. Sometimes persons will fit into more than one category. But be mindful of the fact that you need to have a mental note as to how the relationship is defined, or you will cause please see page, P.27 harm and dis-
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