Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate Farouk Shami Plans To Keep Job Promise To El Paso

Former gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami attended the Texas Democratic State Convention last week in Corpus Christi and said he plans on keeping his campaign promises.

Shami said he?s in the process of fulfilling the promises of his unsuccessful gubernatorial bid by opening a solar panel factory in El Paso, a furniture company in Laredo and a plastic manufacturing company in Brownsville, according to the Texas Tribune.

?I?m not a politician; I?m a businessman,? he told the Texas Tribune. ?I keep my word.?