January 20, 2003

Coastal Coordination Council

Governor Rick Perry named Jamaica Beach Mayor Vic Pierson to the Coastal Coordination Council, filling the position vacated by former Galveston city council member Bill Clayton.

"I am pleased that Governor Perry had the confidence to make the appointment," Pierson said.  "I am really looking forward to working with a man I respect, a man of integrity, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson."

Patterson is chair of the CCC.  As local government representative, Pierson will represent city councils and commissioners courts all along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Galveston County officials were pleased with the appointment.

"This is a great day for Galveston to have someone like Vic Pierson become a member of this very important group in Austin that really shapes the destiny of our beaches and bays," said Jerry Mohn, president of the West Galveston Island Property Owners Association.

Galveston County Judge Jim Yarbrough will administer the oath of office to Pierson at tonight's meeting of Jamaica Beach City Council.