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ROBERT MOORE High School Dropouts: A National Concern y Dr. D. L. Jones tudies suggest that only half of the high school students in the nation’s 50 largest cities graduate in four years. PAGE 20
ips to Minimize Your Personal Risk as a Small Business Owner
Re-elect Ruben Davis
Elect Michael Coleman
Constable Ft Bend County
Harris County Constable
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Precinct 7
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Visiting Third Ward Houston
By Cynthia Nevels Now is the time to evaluate the risk your small business faces and create an action plan to mitigate those risks in 2012. PAGE 16
Health & Wellness Starts on Page 39
YOUNG WOMEN’S COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY HISD
13 Ways to Maintain Your Brain Feed Your Mind to Prevent Disease y Becky Hand One of the greatest fears and dangers of growing older is Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia.
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CONSULTANT EDITING CONSUL LT TANT Sharon Shar on Jenkins
SENIOR ACCOUNT T EXECUTIVE Mike Jones C.T C.T.. Foster Pastor Fr Freddie eddie L. Davis, D III Dwight Jones Eric D. Goodwine PHOTOGRAPHY L.C. Poullar Poullard d
Grady Carter MULTIMEDIA DIRECTOR MUL LTIMEDIA DIRE ECTOR Andrea Andr ea Hennekes LA AYOUT & GRAPHIC GRAPH HIC DESIGNERS LAYOUT Ghuzzala Malik (Fait th) (Faith) Ferland Antwine DISTRIBUTION Booker T T.. Davis, Jr Jr.. 5 RFNLH +D\GHQ 5RFNLH +D\GHQ CONTRIBUTING WRITERS W Sharon Shar on C. Jenkins Donavon Flegeance e Cynthia Nevels Terry, Alvin E. T Terry erry, MBA Hoagland-Smith Leanne Hoagland-S Smith Lazarony Blaze (Barbara) Laz zarony Jeffrey Jef ffrey Gitterman Elaine Fields Smith Dr.. D. L. Jones Dr Dr.. Lewis King, PhD Dr D Casserly Julie Murphy Casse erly Dean Anderson Machkouri Zora Ait El Machko uri Veder Susanne V eder Berger Berrger Dr.. Pamela Randolph Dr Randolp ph Perez-Torrens Yngrid Per ez-T Torren ns Duncan Cheryl Wheeler Dun ncan Bartholomew, Angelique Bartholo mew, JD
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Young Women’s Academy High School Dr o opouts: A National Concer rn ................................................................................... ................................................ ........ Dropouts: Concern 6 Things to Thin k About Befor e Becoming g an Entr epreneur .......................................................... ................................................ ........ Think Before Entrepreneur D . Michael Dr. Mi h l Eric E i Dyson Hanging Out In 3r d Ward Ward d ........................................................................... ................................................ ........ 3rd Creativity Creativity at W Work orrk is a Magic Elixir ................................................................................................. 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The Internet Colema an, Running for Harris County Cou unty Constable Precinct Pre ecinct 7 ............................................. ....... Michael Coleman, ................................................ ....... MetLife Study: 401(k) s: The Competitive Advantage .................................................................... ............................................... ....... The Subject of Civility and the Need for Civility in Our Society ..................................................... AUTHORPRENEURSHIP EURSHIP P, The Business off W riting ........................................................................ ............................................... ....... AUTHORPRENEURSHIP, Writing Women Give G keting Makeover ........................................................... ................................................ ....... 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eon Hubbard’s law enforcement career spans over thirty years and includes an educational background in criminal justice. He is currently retired as of February 12, 2010 as a supervising sergeant in the Civil Division Harris County Constable Precinct Seven, Houston, Texas. This particular position has given him the opportunity to establish and maintain positive relationships with other local area law enforcement agencies and partners within the public sector in coordinating appropriate police activities as required. His natural ability to provide decisive leadership has garnered Mr. Hubbard an outstanding reputation among his peers and colleagues.
Mr. Hubbard began his law enforcement career as a reserve deputy constable in Precinct Seven. His primary responsibilities were to serve civil citations, patrol duty, and serve Class C and Felony warrants. His educational background is fifty hours of criminal justice from Houston Community College, a High School Diploma, and over thirty years of experience. Mr. Hubbard’s strengths include his ability to identify and rectify challenges while strategically planning ways to improve productivity among his staff. When employed by Precinct Seven he established exemplary standards of performance, then effectively measured his subordinate’s ability to maintain those standards through a
• Served 30 years in law enforcement (1980-2010) • Established a long standing career as a Supervising Sergeant in the Civil Division of Harris County Constables Office Precinct 7 • Holds a Master Police Officer Certificate • Coordinated appropriate police activities as required by agency and public sector • Developed, recommended, and implemented programs geared towards enhancing efficiency and success • Exemplary Standard of Discipline and Organization • Exemplif ied teamwork and dedication • Achieved Departmental Goa ls and Objectives by establishing Priorities and deadlines • Established and Maintained positive relationships with other local area law enforcement agencies and partnered with the Public Sector in coordinating appropriate activities as was required • I n s t r u ment a l i n t he Implementation of Strategic Planning which increased productivity • Exhibited Overall Exemplary Standard of performance
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hot checks and try to get away with it. He’s going to aggressively go after hot check writers and make sure business owners recover compensation for the services they provide to people who’ve written them hot checks. Sergeant Hubbard will re-establish a dependable Civil Division so citizens who receive civil citations will be served expeditiously and have their day in court in order to prevent default judgments against them.
*2$/6 )25 35(&,1&7 Sergeant Hubbard plans to restore honesty, integrity, and experience so the community will have trust again. Sergeant Hubbard will increase the visibility of patrols to help reduce criminal activity. Sergeant Hubbard will create a “HOTSPOT UNIT� to aggressively fight high crime areas where there are a substantial amount of complaints about criminal activity in Precinct 7. Sergeant Hubbard will create a “Special Events Division� to provide security for special community related events. Sergeant Hubbard will establish a more active warrant division also. He will work directly with business owners to make sure they aren’t taken advantage of by people who write
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HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 7 CONSTABLE SERGEANT LEON HUBBARD IS THE RIGHT CHOICE IN THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN THE RACE FOR EARLY VOTING ENDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012 I ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012
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