Blue Dogs Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Had Whitmire won in 1991 and gotten reelected in 1993, she would've been term limited in 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 I meant to say if Whitmire won a 6th and 7th term in 1991 and 1993, she likely would've been termed out in 1995 as were many other City Councilmembers being termed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Matthew Knowles (Beyonce's father) was on 9.79 this morning and claims he's considering running for mayor. Go to 11:40 to hear him. I think it's just all talk. http://player.theplatform.com/p/BCY3OC/TopOfListBaseline/select/gPqRriZkzFbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Knowles has way too many skeletons in the closet: particularly getting his mistress pregnant leading to his marriage ending in disaster.Any chance State Senator Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) might run for Mayor ?She's been elected citywide 3 times as City Controller in 1997, 1999, 2001 and winning 2 countywide elections as County Commissioner, Pct. 2 in 2002 and 2006 before losing reelection in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 KHOU-TV reported a few minutes ago that Turner will run for Houston Mayor in 2015. He made the announcement during a fundraiser this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmellyHoustonian Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Knowles has way too many skeletons in the closet: particularly getting his mistress pregnant leading to his marriage ending in disaster.Any chance State Senator Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) might run for Mayor ?She's been elected citywide 3 times as City Controller in 1997, 1999, 2001 and winning 2 countywide elections as County Commissioner, Pct. 2 in 2002 and 2006 before losing reelection in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Garcia will not run, she has that State Senate seat on lockdown forever now, so why give it up. Announced Mayor Candidates so far: Sylvester TurnerStephen CostelloOliver PenningtonChris BellLaura Murjillo  Rumored Candidates: Adrian GarciaMichael KuboshBill KingBen HallGilbert GarciaAnne ClutterbuckJack ChristieSue LovellYouMeeveryone else in Houston Out of announced candidates, I like Costello the best, he's been a good council member, and championed the right issues for me. Plus, I figure having a guy who ran a civil engineering might be the best choice for what I believe Houston's biggest problem is at the moment, the state of the roads.  I'm not sure what Turner wants to do other than just be Mayor, I'm not sure what he brings to the table other than being a power broker in the legislature. The Mayor of Houston is also the City Manager, so I'm not sure I want a wheeler and dealer installing his people as the heads of major city departments Oliver Pennington is 150 years old and has done nothing that I can recall on council. I can't remember a single issue he has spoken up about, championed, pushed for, advocated for or anything with the recent exception of campaigning against the HERO ordinance (I'm pro HERO, so that doesn't sway me). Chris Bell has the same issues as Turner for me. I think they're essentially the same candidate. Out of the potential candidates, I like Gilbert Garcia, he's done well by METRO, and has pretty strong private sector credentials. He's also Parker's guy, and I'm a huge fan of Parker, so would vote for her endorsed candidate if she made one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Bell is a washed-up, has-been politician, whose been on a losing streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 To put it more kindly, Bell draws about the same amount of interest as rice pudding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmellyHoustonian Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Agreed, except I have the same opinion of Turner.  Costello and G. Garcia are it for me. If Janiece Longoria (Port chairwoman) ran, it would pique my interest as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Big question is whether Harris County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez ® jumps in the Mayor's race in 2015 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 State Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston) being rumored to launch 3rd campaign for the Mayor's office in 2015.Him again? He struck me as a sore loser last time. I wish he would go away. He doesn't seem to be very effective at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 To put it more kindly, Bell draws about the same amount of interest as rice pudding. What do you have against rice pudding?! I think it's good, especially with a bit of cinnamon. That's what I would probably go for at HEB next time, if I wasn't faced with a bout of suspected food poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Bell is complaining that Turner hasn't been restricted in raising limited amounts of $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Nothing really against rice pudding, Tige... I've been known to have some myself.  It's just not in the same full flavored category as a nice Italian cream cake or a fresh peach pie or perhaps some Napoleons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Mollusk, Houston Chronicle reports Ben Hall (D), who got punked by Parker in 2013, says he will run for Houston Mayor again in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Yeah, I saw that.  No big surprise that he's taking another shot at it, even though running against Parker last year was a fool's errand.  Who knows - maybe he'll get a bit more traction this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Whose votes is Hall going to peel off ? It's possible a runoff in December 2015 could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Mollusk, Purple Devil, etc., the Houston Chronicle reporting that outgoing 3-term Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ®, who leaves office on January 20th, says he's considering running for Houston Mayor in 2015.Here in San Antonio, State Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) & State Rep. Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio), both are eyeing campaigns for Mayor in the Alamo City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 It's going to be interesting to see all these guys who actually held office joining the ranks of the perennial losers like Grif Griffin or Harold Stassen. I'm not as familiar with San Antonio politics, but I can certainly see how if Sen. Van de Putte was getting frustrated with forcing the Dew to acknowledge her, she would have no interest whatsoever in what is likely to be the Dan Patrick Clown Car Show.  Likewise, graduating from minority party state rep to a larger constituency and more responsibility would be a step up, and a natural way to broaden one's base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Let's say Dewhurst jumps in the Houston Mayor's contest for 2015, it'll be interesting to see if he can pull this off.Last GOPer elected Houston Mayor was Jim McConn ®, who was elected in 1977 & reelected in 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Texas Tribune has confirmed State Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) will be running for San Antonio Mayor in 2015.http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/19/van-de-putte-resigning-run-san-antonio-mayor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Yesterday, on KPRC-TV's "Houston Newswatchers" show, former Kemah Mayor William King [R] talked about his new autobiography, "Unapologetically Moderate" & was asked about his plans for the Houston Mayor's contest in 2015, King says he'll consider making a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 We can now cross off the following people from the 2015 Mayoral campaign, who've said they're NOT running:1.) Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst [R]: leaves office on January 20th.2.) Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia [D]: ongoing scandal in the county jails on the news lately. Plus, he'd have to resign.3.) Harris County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez [R]: would have to resign in order to run.4.) Houston City Councilman At-Large 4 C.O. Bradford (D): term-limited from the Council. But will he run for Harris County DA in 2016 or Harris County Judge in 2018 when Emmett retires after 11 1/2 years in office ?5.) Houston City Councilman Michael Kubosh [R]6.) METRO Chairman Gilbert Garcia (D). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 The Houston Chronicle believes the likely candidates will be Sylvester Turner, Ben Hall, Stephen Costello, Chris Bell, Bill King, Marty McVey (I so wanted to type McFly), and Sean Roberts. I don't see McVey or Roberts making it past the runoff. I think it'll mostly likely be a runoff between Turner and Bell come next December. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/A-dozen-candidates-actively-weighing-mayoral-bids-5953836.php#/0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 The Houston Chronicle believes the likely candidates will be Sylvester Turner, Ben Hall, Stephen Costello, Chris Bell, Bill King, Marty McVey (I so wanted to type McFly), and Sean Roberts. I don't see McVey or Roberts making it past the runoff. I think it'll mostly likely be a runoff between Turner and Bell come next December.http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/A-dozen-candidates-actively-weighing-mayoral-bids-5953836.php#/0If that scenario happens, I'm thinking Turner could win based on huge minority turnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Wow ! News media reports confirmed former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier (D), who served 3 terms from 1992-1998, has passed away at the age of 89.http://www.myfoxhouston.com/http://www.khou.com/http://www.click2houston.com/http://www.ktrk.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hall's mistake is bragging on himself too much....he constantly brags on Harvard and Duke on his ads....who freaking cares...the vote you're seeking to win does not have ties to those schools Then he lives in Memorial...he's not in-tune with the day-to-day person in Houston...I know where Turner lives as he can at least identify with a large segment of folks outside the loop  that will be crucial to his chances  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Turner was on KPRC-TV's "Houston Newsmakers" show yesterday morning, explained his hopes for the upcoming legislative session of the TX Legislature & his love for Houston. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Houston Chronicle confirms both former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell (D-TX) & Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia (D) will both declare they're running for Mayor.Political observers still see Turner as the front-runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The Houston Chronicle believes the likely candidates will be Sylvester Turner, Ben Hall, Stephen Costello, Chris Bell, Bill King, Marty McVey (I so wanted to type McFly), and Sean Roberts. I don't see McVey or Roberts making it past the runoff. I think it'll mostly likely be a runoff between Turner and Bell come next December. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/A-dozen-candidates-actively-weighing-mayoral-bids-5953836.php#/0Don't forget http://oliverpennington.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Sheriff Garcia has a lot to explain about what went wrong in Harris County Jail. http://abc13.com/news/criminal-investigation-into-harris-co-jail-cell/329850/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Whoever is going to be the next mayor, priority number one is further diversifying Houston's economy. While we are avoiding a full crash and going into more of slow period due to Houston becoming more diversified especially with Medical it isn't quite there yet. I believe to truly push itself into an elite category and insure continuing growth we need a third major industry. The best scenario is positioning Houston as the capital for a new private Space industry. Then you would have a powerful trinity of Space, Medical, and Energy that would be hard to beat and all of those are markets which will be dominate in the future. I'm also quite surprised that we haven't become a key location for electronics or software when we have so much usable space, and we are at a centralized location and have one of the worlds largest ports. I imagine that to attract Software and Electronic companies though Houston would need to tweak it's overall corporate culture and political culture as well. While Houston has certainly been a more liberal city in recent years it's population is still very conservative. I still think it could be great place for this market though. This could create another powerful trinity of Medical, Software/Electronics, and Energy. Once again, whoever becomes mayor, this should be priority one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Whoever is going to be the next mayor, priority number one is further diversifying Houston's economy. While we are avoiding a full crash and going into more of slow period due to Houston becoming more diversified especially with Medical it isn't quite there yet. I believe to truly push itself into an elite category and insure continuing growth we need a third major industry.The best scenario is positioning Houston as the capital for a new private Space industry. Then you would have a powerful trinity of Space, Medical, and Energy that would be hard to beat and all of those are markets which will be dominate in the future.I'm also quite surprised that we haven't become a key location for electronics or software when we have so much usable space, and we are at a centralized location and have one of the worlds largest ports. I imagine that to attract Software and Electronic companies though Houston would need to tweak it's overall corporate culture and political culture as well. While Houston has certainly been a more liberal city in recent years it's population is still very conservative. I still think it could be great place for this market though. This could create another powerful trinity of Medical, Software/Electronics, and Energy.Once again, whoever becomes mayor, this should be priority one.In other words, cleaning up Parker's mess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 In other words, cleaning up Parker's mess! Interesting response. I actually think Parker has been one of best mayors we've had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Interesting response. I actually think Parker has been one of best mayors we've had.Parker has said she'll push to modify term limits on citywide officeholders before she heads out of City Hall. I'd prefer 12 years (3 4-year terms similar to Denver, CO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Parker has said she'll push to modify term limits on citywide officeholders before she heads out of City Hall. I'd prefer 12 years (3 4-year terms similar to Denver, CO).I'd like to see no more than 8. Certainly less than Eastern cities that allowed mayors to stay in power for decades (Young, Menino, Daley) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I hate term limits. If someone is doing a great job and the voters want to vote them back into office over and over again, then why the hell not? The entire time I lived in Boston, Menino was mayor. While I didn't love everything he did, he was wildly popular and proved to be a very successful mayor. The biggest sign of his success? After decades of losing population, today's Boston has 75,000 more people living in it than when he took office in 1993. The city truly transformed. It is a much safer place too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Perry got voted enough times to see 14 years, and I know some of you are howling that such a time was at the least, too long. Trust me, term limits are everyone's friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 We've had term limits since forever. They're called "elections."  As an example, some were annoyed at how long Kathy Whitmire remained mayor, and thus put term limits on the ballot, successfully.  She ran for re election on the same ballot, and lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 We've had term limits since forever.They're called "elections." As an example, some were annoyed at how long Kathy Whitmire remained mayor, and thus put term limits on the ballot, successfully. She ran for re election on the same ballot, and lost.Don't forget about Mike "The Hypocrite" Bloomberg [R/Ind], who served 12 consecutive years as NYC Mayor from 2002-2014 or the late Maynard Jackson (D), who served as Atlanta, GA Mayor from 1974-1982; 1990-1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Houston Chronicle reporting that there's lack of female candidates running for Houston Mayor this year.http://chron.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Don't forget about Mike "The Hypocrite" Bloomberg [R/Ind], who served 12 consecutive years as NYC Mayor from 2002-2014 or the late Maynard Jackson (D), who served as Atlanta, GA Mayor from 1974-1982; 1990-1994. In a way, this demonstrates one of the downsides of term limits.   Maynard Jackson was barred by term limits from serving three consecutive terms; when he ran again after sitting out one term he pulled in 80% of the vote.  He chose not to run for a fourth for health reasons. Likewise, Bloomberg's popularity was a factor in revising New York's term limit scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 In a way, this demonstrates one of the downsides of term limits. Maynard Jackson was barred by term limits from serving three consecutive terms; when he ran again after sitting out one term he pulled in 80% of the vote. He chose not to run for a fourth for health reasons.Likewise, Bloomberg's popularity was a factor in revising New York's term limit scheme.Mollusk, I know in Denver, CO., the Mayor is allowed to serve 12 consecutive years for 3 4-year terms: Wellington Webb (D) accomplished this back in 1991 & won reelection in 1995 & 1999 before being term-limited in 2003.Plus, Denver has an official residence for the Mayor & First Family: Cableland, which was given to the city back in 1998 I believe although no Mayor has lived in the residence, they have held official functions there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Another scandal inside the Harris County Sheriff's office, how will this impact Garcia's chances of being a contender for Houston Mayor ? http://abc13.com/  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Another scandal inside the Harris County Sheriff's office, how will this impact Garcia's chances of being a contender for Houston Mayor ? http://abc13.com/ That link's just bringing up the splash page.  Can you share more detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Mollusk, Ch. 13's Ted Oberg reported earlier today that the recent jail death incident in the Harris County Sheriff's Department is going to cause Garcia problems.http://abc13.com/news/justice-dept-probes-harris-county-jail-inmates-death/513964 Edited February 12, 2015 by Blue Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) I'm concerned with the Terry Goodwin case. Outrageous incident, and one wonders how the sheriff doesn't know what's going on for weeks in his own jail. Edited February 12, 2015 by kylejack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'm concerned with the Terry Goodwin case. Outrageous incident, and one wonders how the sheriff doesn't know what's going on for weeks in his own jail.I can see several of Garcia's opponents running negative TV Ads on these scandals non-stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Here's another headache for Garcia http://abc13.com/news/raw-video-last-moments-of-jail-inmates-kenneth-lucas/515300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yesterday morning, Turner made it official: he's running for Houston Mayor!http://abc13.com/politics/sylvester-turner-announces-bid-for-houston-mayor/526555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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