Original sentence: Todd opposed the expenditure of public funds on the installation of light rail without a public vote being held, and in 2001 filed suit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, to block the project and force a referendum
Edited sentence: For his efforts, Todd was awarded the Political Courage Award in 2001 by the Republican Party.He graduated from Radford High School in Honolulu Hawaii in 1981.He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 with a Degree in Latin American Studies, and was awarded his Doctorate by the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 1991, the same year he was granted membership in to the State Bar of Texas.Todd is best known for opposing the expenditure of public funds on the installation of light rail without a public vote being held, and in 2001 filed suit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, to block the project and force a referendum.Todd is married to Emmy Award winning KHOU anchor Chau Nguyen Todd and father to three children, Robert, John and Ryan.While in Hawaii he swam competitively for Punahou School Aquatics which he continued through his college years, eventually placing eighth in the country and holding the record for the 200 meter Individual Medley for the Intermountain League.{{}} He was raised in a military family with his father serving as a Colonel in the United States Army