Rationale: Fort Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson has been a friendly incumbent to the Fort Bend real estate community since being elected to office in 1982. Ms. Wilson is currently running unopposed in the November 7 general election having won her primary contest with 69.7% of the vote. County Clerk Wilson talked with Sherrie Fontenot, Fort Bend PAAL Chair, the night of the primary election and discussed her campaign and continued support of the real estate community. Ms. Wilson has been instrumental in the streamlining and updating of the Fort Bend County records including making it an online system which has increased accuracy and accessibility. HAR supported Dianne in her 2002 election, but did not make a TREPAC contribution recommendation at that time.

TREPAC

Denim & Diamonds sparkled its way to success on March 23! With the tremendous efforts of Committee Chair Jo Ann Stevens with R. G. Omega Realty, Marti Pattinson with Locations Realty, Ft. Bend PAALS Chair Sherrie Fontenot with RE/MAX Fine Properties, Nancy Marcis and Nancy Lefler with Prudential Gary Greene, REALTORS and the strong Denim & Diamonds Committee we set a TREPAC record and raised $25,000 that evening. The fun-filled event was enjoyed by everyone who attended especially those that got to show off their bedazzled and bejeweled 2006 TREPAC Denim jackets.

Montgomery County has also been very active. At the April 5 Area Networking Breakfast, TREPAC Trustee Mario Arriaga made a short presentation utilizing our What Did TREPAC Save You? worksheets. Additional "cheat sheets" with precalculated answers were also provided and it proved to be a very effective fundraising tool. We raised over $7900 at breakfast that morning.

Golf Tournaments Update: Both the Bay Area and Montgomery County Golf Tournaments have been cancelled. We have decided to focus our fundraising efforts in other areas and did not feel that the golf tournaments were headed in the right direction.