The At Large #5 overview

Here's the Chron's overview of At Large #5 story. It's about what you'd expect for a race with a large field and no clearcut frontrunner, with a bit of biography and quotes from most of the candidates. The one thing that struck me as odd was this:

Also in the race is John Gibbs, a Baptist pastor who runs a community development corporation in north Houston. Gibbs says struggling neighborhoods need more mixed-income housing developments. He says the city needed to work harder to clear out drains to prevent flooding.

Jose Trevino is working as a charter school consultant after retiring from the HISD system, where he was a principal and administrator for 27 years. He says he is recognized as an advocate for Hispanic children and a community leader.

Every other candidate was quoted directly. Did the Chron run out of space, did neither Gibbs nor Trevino say anything they thought was quoteworthy, or does this reflect someone's opinion of candidate viability? I might not have taken notice of this, except for the curious omission of Trevino's name from the initial list-of-candidates story back in September, for which I never got a response to my emailed inquiry. Did Trevino violate the crypt of someone's ancestor or something? Weird.

Anyway, according to Matt Stiles, there's three more of these stories in the queue, one each for Districts B, E, and I. Look for them shortly.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on October 16, 2007 to Election 2007