Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 9, 2008 Heber Taylor, editor of the Galveston paper, urged people to write lawmakers in support of Galveston Mayor Lyda Thomas' testimony to a legislative committee to restore funding for a 500-bed hospital at UTMB. "Thomas' point to legislators was dead on target. Real leaders would not let a natural disaster dismantle an institution that has taken generations to build."