kylejack Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I, for one, welcome our new lesbian overlords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6713346.htmlBrown endorses ParkerCity Councilman Peter Brown today endorsed City Controller Annise Parker today in the mayoral runoff contest.Brown's announcement at downtown's Tranquility Park is expected to be followed by one from three of his major backers that they are supporting former City Attorney Gene Locke in the runoff. The three — Rev. Bill Lawson, Pastor D.Z. Cofield and Bishop James Dixon — had formed a major piece of Brown's support among the city's African-American voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Wowzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 That was unexpected. But what's more surprising is the generally lack of hateful comments on the chron.com article. I guess they're too busy with the Obama-related news articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisegundo Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 That was unexpected. But what's more surprising is the generally lack of hateful comments on the chron.com article. I guess they're too busy with the Obama-related news articles.Tabbed browsing is for socialests!If I moved into the city after the registration cutoff for the general election, am I eligible to register for the runoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Tabbed browsing is for socialests!If I moved into the city after the registration cutoff for the general election, am I eligible to register for the runoff?Only if you hustle. Thursday is the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Tabbed browsing is for socialests!If I moved into the city after the registration cutoff for the general election, am I eligible to register for the runoff?You have between now and Thursday to register to vote. If you do it before Thurs, you will get your card in the mail before the run off. Must be 30 days before any election. Go to the courthouse and fill out a registration form now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 That was unexpected. In your opinion, why was it unexpected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 In your opinion, why was it unexpected?I figured he might withhold endorsing Parker or Locke. They weren't exactly friendly during the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I figured he might withhold endorsing Parker or Locke. They weren't exactly friendly during the campaign.I didn't think he would endorse either, but remember that he only ran an attack ad on Locke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Not looking good for Annise Parker:http://offthekuff.com/wp/?p=23670Gene Locke’s campaign has released the first poll taken since November 3. The poll was conducted Monday and Tuesday nights (November 9 & 10) by Paul Maislin, who also polled for Lee Brown and Bill White. The poll showed Parker leading by a 43-39% with 18% undecided. The margin of error was 4%.The poll shows that Parker and Locke are splitting Peter Brown votes fairly evenly with most white Democrats shifting to Parker and Brown’s African-American supporters moving to Locke. The undecided voters at this point are mostly suburban, white and Republican leaning. The suburban-white-Republican-leaning voters that have made up their minds about the race are breaking strongly in Locke’s favor by about a 70-30 margin. This group is primarily been responsible for Locke moving from 10% down in the election to within the margin of error of Parker.This is going to be a tight, close race. The alarms are starting to sound: "Beware of gay take-over" of houston city gov't if Parker wins. This campaign is going to turn negative and nasty. With primary emphasis being on Parker's sexual orientation. And that will be a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 With primary emphasis being on Parker's sexual orientation. And that will be a shame.primary reason? i'm hearing more talk about about why she hasn't sounded an alarm when Houston has been borrowing money since 2004 to meet their budget obligations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Sad, just sad. Way to promote and spread the discrimination.Anti-gay effort targeting Parker motivates conservativesGroup opposes a lesbian in officeA cluster of socially conservative Houstonians is planning a campaign to discourage voters from choosing City Controller Annise Parker in the December mayoral runoff because she is a lesbian, according to multiple ministers and conservatives involved in the effort.The group is motivated by concerns about a “gay takeover” of City Hall, given that two other candidates in the five remaining City Council races are also openly gay, as well as national interest driven by the possibility that Houston could become the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay woman.Another primary concern is that Parker or other elected officials would seek to overturn a 2001 city charter amendment that prohibits the city from providing benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian employees.“The bottom line is that we didn't pick the battle, she did, when she made her agenda and sexual preference a central part of her campaign,” said Dave Welch, executive director of the Houston Area Pastor Council, numbering more than 200 senior pastors in the Greater Houston area. “National gay and lesbian activists see this as a historic opportunity. The reality is that's because they're promoting an agenda which we believe to be contrary to the concerns of the community and destructive to the family.” http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6719878.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Sad, just sad. Way to promote and spread the discrimination. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6719878.html We received one of their bigoted flyers in the mail. It is the lowest shot I've ever seen taken in a mayoral election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 We received one of their bigoted flyers in the mail. It is the lowest shot I've ever seen taken in a mayoral election. Fascinating. When was the last time that a group of evangelical social conservatives from the suburbs tried to drive up black turnout at the polls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 stay classy houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 stay classy houston.Not going to happen. It's already moved beyond tasteless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Locke + Hotze = ♥http://www.houstonpress.com/2005-07-21/news/doctor-niceA band of socially conservative activists and ministers has injected intolerance into Houston's mayoral election. As reported Saturday by the Chronicle's Bradley Olson, the group plans to discourage voters from supporting City Controller Annise Parker in the Dec. 12 runoff because she is a lesbian, and because they're worried about a “gay takeover” of City Hall.[...]But Locke has also been courting the support of Dr. Steven Hotze, a conservative power broker and apparently one of the prime movers behind the effort to smear Parker. Hotze was the man behind the 1985 Straight Slate, a roster of City Council candidates he recruited to run on an anti-gay platform. (They all lost.)According to a Hotze mouthpiece, he's thinking about stirring up his distasteful stew with a mailing inspired by Parker's sexuality.Houston deserves better. Our city has a well-earned reputation for tolerance and openness. We don't need inflammatory appeals to folks' worst instincts.We've been here before. In 1997 a small-minded ballot initiative would have ended the city's affirmative action program that helped minority and women contractors. Mayor Bob Lanier went on the air in an ad that bluntly stated his opposition to a proposal that would “turn back the clock to the days when guys who look like me got all the city's business.”Lanier couldn't have been more clear: Discrimination is just not right. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6721264.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 this race is indicative of where the entire city is headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 this race is indicative of where the entire city is headed.Just where is it that they are racing to that we are all headed? Vermont? Utah? Around and around in circles?I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Locke + Hotze = ♥http://www.houstonpress.com/2005-07-21/news/doctor-nicehttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6721264.htmlPeople like Hotze and Welch are likely not too excited by having to choose between a woman and a black man. If they had their way, that guy who came in last (I forgot his name, but he was the most conservative of the bunch) would be their man, but now they have no other choice and they don't want Parker. They'll probably go for Locke, but in the debate, Locke said that he favors overturning an amendment in the city charter that prohibits the domestic partners of city workers from receiving benefits. You know Hotze doesn't like that one bit. They say that Hotze never misses out on voting in a mayoral election, but maybe he'll make an exception this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 People like Hotze and Welch are likely not too excited by having to choose between a woman and a black man. Probably their vision of the Apocalypse. I must admit to a perverse pleasure watching them swallow hard and back Locke, though that makes me that much more likely to vote for Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I wasn't sure of which candidate I would vote for until I received the flyer in the mail. I assume it was Hotze's group behind it? That thing was beyond nasty. I guess I received it because of my zip code. Hopefully there will be a backlash to it.Parker has my vote now. If Locke is willing to kiss up to Hotze, I'd hate to see what he'd do behind closed doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Will Mayor White run for govenor?http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2009/11/schieffer_out_b.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'm currently out of town. In KY doing some training. I usually vote early or send in my absentee vote. I have just been reallly busy here. Don't have time go through all the current posts. Would just like to know who won??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'm currently out of town. In KY doing some training. I usually vote early or send in my absentee vote. I have just been reallly busy here. Don't have time go through all the current posts. Would just like to know who won???It's a runoff between Annise Parker and Gene Locke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 looks like wayne dolcefino is back tonight with annise's pet city art program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Just a reminder that early voting for the runoff elections started yesterday and goes through December 8th. Here is the schedule with locations:http://harrisvotes.org/docs/EV/earlyvotinglocations_schedule_ENG.pdfNovember 30th - December 4th8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.December 5th7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.December 6th1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.December 7th - December 8th7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 As much as it pains me, looks like I'm going to vote for Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 As much as it pains me, looks like I'm going to vote for Parker.Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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