A former Texas community college trustee censured by the college system for speaking out against the governing body announced his new candidacy to return to that very same board.
Dave Wilson gained national prominence when on April 26, 2021 the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear his landmark First Amendment case regarding Houston Community College (HCC) censure of his speech, thereby violating Wilson's constitutional rights to represent the people who elected him.
Why is this case and election so important?
For many years before being elected to the Board of Trustees, I spoke out about the disease of corruption at HCC on contracts, real estate, capital spending, and more. In addition, today HCC is faced with plummeting enrollment, skyrocketing administrative salaries, and discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits.
After being elected to the Board by campaigning to fight corruption, they have tried to restrict and shut me down over these important issues. They do not want transparency or a spotlight on their dirty deals. Regretfully, my positions have rung true.
There is a lot of talk about vaccines these days. We need a different vaccine at HCC. One that will provide Transparency and Truth and Accountability.
Now I am running for HCC 6 to carry on the fight to end corruption, increase enrollment, change the culture, and make everyone proud of Houston Community College once again.
Houston Community College District VI covers the Alief area and the below zip codes:
Wilson served as the District II member of the Houston Community College Board of Trustees until August 27, 2019, when he resigned to focus on his District I candidacy.
The campaign of Wilson's opponent in that 2019 runoff was financed in part by the:
- Andrews & Kurth Texas PAC: $1000.00
- Richard Weekley: $2000.00
- Houston Business Education PAC: $12,000.00
From Wilson: "For those of you that do not know who the HBEC is: they are composed of members of the Greater Houston Partnership. They have a long established history of buying HCC Trustees."
Wilson subsequently lost in the December 2019 runoff.
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