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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 [...]
Many gay activists across the United States are cheering the election of openly gay Mayor-Elect Annise Parker and her victory over Gene Locke in the Houston mayoral runoff--and [...]
BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of [...]
TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air.
BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of Progress.
The [...]
This AP story about the Mayoral runoff election contains a paragraph you won’t see very often.
Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.
Several other U.S. cities, including Portland, Ore., [...]
Last night, our own Texas city of Houston became the largest to elect an openly-gay mayor. City controller Annise Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in the hotly contested runoff election. She takes office as mayor Jan. 1. While we have long way to go [...]
