Sylvester Turner was the whole lot Houston and Texas wanted when he first got here on the political scene as a State Consultant in the course of the Eighties.
Turner later grew to become Houston’s Mayor and, simply this yr, took workplace because the 18th District Congressman.
A packed church … greater than 20 members of Congress — each Democrats and Republicans are paying respect at this time for former Mayor @SylvesterTurner — @hakeemjeffries talking pic.twitter.com/xp16tXXpjk
— Katie Mehnert (@katiemehnert) March 15, 2025
However it doesn’t matter what title Turner carried, he constantly cared solely about being the voice of the individuals within the Houston neighborhood. Turner fought arduous for the individuals and his constituents till the top when he handed away on March 5 in Washington, D.C. after being current for Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Turner will lengthy be remembered for his management and stoicism by triumphs and troublesome occasions, comparable to serving to convey main sports activities occasions to Houston, just like the NCAA Males’s Closing 4 together with bringing in enterprise {dollars} and new development and standing sturdy after the destruction of Hurricane Harvey and the devastating unfold of COVID-19. Turner will even lengthy be remembered for the love and respect he confirmed his beloved Acres Houses neighborhood, the place he was often called Sly.
Some are asking whether or not I’ll attend the State of the Union.
This speech by the President is usually given yearly within the individuals’s house-Home of Representatives.
It’s not the President’s Home, however the individuals’s home.
For the individuals of #TX18, we will probably be there. st…
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) March 4, 2025
In consequence, Turner was held in excessive regard by everybody from political adversaries to his political opponents, from the clergy locally to the frequent man.
Turner, who graduated from Klein Excessive College, went from the College of Houston to Harvard Regulation College graduate to a embellished lawyer earlier than coming into the political enviornment.
Turner was laid to relaxation this previous weekend.
In our newest episode of the Defender Roundtable, we talk about Turner’s legacy, his accomplishments and who would possibly fill his appreciable footwear not simply in Congress however locally the place his accessibility was unmatched. Particular visitor, Defender CEO and Writer Sonny Messiah Jiles, joins the panel this week to debate Turner, with whom she shared a particular relationship and partnership.
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