Archive - Dec 2009

The celebration officially began with “Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Night” by the Black Eyed Peas as Annise Parker supporters packed tightly in a small ballroom in the George R. Brown Convention Center.

Groups of friends and strangers began to huddle together as if they were planning their next play on fourth down and goal. Whispers and signs of excitement began to spread through the room like an epidemic as Parker’s lead grew.

Some could not believe what they were about to witness. Other joked around and asked friends to pinch them … so they would know they were not dreaming. The tension began to ease after 10PM when Gene Locke conceded the race and called for unity in Houston.  Read More »

In less than 24 hours Houstonians will head to the polls to decide who will lead them in the new decade.

Both campaigns have been busy as they crunch numbers and review the early voter turnout. Voter turnout was higher than the general election but do not let that statistic deceive you.

It may well be that folks did not want to allocate time on their busy Saturday holiday schedule to satisfy their civic duty. Whatever the reason … about 5,000 more voters decided to cast their ballot than before. Roughly 67,000 voters have voted early in this runoff election.  Read More »

Hot off the presses folks is this mailer from former Houston Mayoral Candidate Roy Morales. In fact, it is soo hot, the ink got on my fingers.

Click on the images to view the mailer in its entirety. Unfortunately, my scanner is not large enough for the mail piece which I will speculate is 11x17. I had to Photoshop paste this together so that you could view it as a whole.

Surprisingly, Gene Locke did not respond to Morales requests and by default it seems that Annise Parker kind of won the endorsement. Actually, consider it more of a non-endorsement endorsement.  Read More »