Category Archives: Election 2007

Over at Kuff’s World, I’ve got a look at the city’s response (PDF) to Ray Jones’ lawsuit regarding his exclusion from the ballot for the City Council special election. Bottom line: I think the city has the better of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From Team Noriega: Please join us at our headquarters opening party this Saturday, March 24th from 4 pm to 7 pm for food, drinks and fun! Pick up a yard sign and bumper sticker while you are there and find … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron editorializes on the matter of disqualified candidates for the Council special election. I basically agree with their conclusion: [K]nocking qualified hopefuls out of a race over minor technicalities is neither in the interests of the democratic process nor … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My interview with City Council special election candidate Noel Freeman is now up on Kuff’s World. I wasn’t sure what to make of him going in, but I came away favorably impressed. Give it a listen and see what you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

City Council hopeful Ray Jones speaks out about his attempt to get on the ballot for the City Council special election. He contends that city officials denied his notarized application because he left an oath section blank while other candidates … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Previously, Matt Stiles reported on why some candidates who had filed to be in the May 12 City Council special election were disallowed on the ballot. Short answer: they failed to fill out a portion of the ballot application in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Noted for future reference. Voters defeated a ballot measure Tuesday that would have lowered city taxes more than 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Voters cast 1,656 ballots against and 1,241 for the proposal to decrease city property taxes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Next up on the interview list is Bellaire High School senior David Goldberg, who was a lot more polished and sure of himself than I was when I was his age. It’s all over at Kuff’s World. I’ve got at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Matt Stiles answers the question why not all of the candidates who had filed for the special City Council election made it to the final ballot. He also clears up the Roy Morales mystery and gives an update on Ray … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got another interview with a City Council candidate up at Kuff’s World. Today it’s Roy Morales, and I’ve got three more in the pipeline after him. I may or may not talk to everybody, but I’ll get to most … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The West U Examiner has a short profile of some of the candidates for the City Council special election; as it happens, these are the five candidates whom I’ve interviewed so far. (As a reminder, my interview with Melissa Noriega … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Disregard everything you read before. The lineup for the May 12 City Council special election is well and truly set. Well, maybe again. Retired Air Force officer Roy Morales will be a candidate in a special City Council election May … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Houston GLBT Political Caucus has made its tough choice and given its endorsement to Melissa Noriega. With two openly gay candidates, Noel Freeman and Ivan Mayers, running, the decision to endorse Noriega was not an easy one, but the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have just spoken to Roy Morales, and his campaign confirmed to me that he will in fact be on the ballot for the May special election, despite earlier published reports. It wasn’t clear what the problem was – it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got a post regarding the field of candidates for the May 12 City Council special election up at Kuff’s World. Couple of points to add here, starting with this: “Looking at the field, you have to say Melissa Noriega … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got Interview #2 in my series of conversations with City Council candidates, with Andy Neill, posted up at Kuff’s World. As always, please let me know what you think. The RSS feed for my Kuff’s World podcasts is here. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve got my interview with Melissa Noriega, the first of what I hope will be a series of interviews with all of the City Council special election candidates, posted at Kuff’s World. I should have a podcast feed for these … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m about to start doing interviews with the candidates for the City Council special election on May 12. I hope to interview all of them, and will ask each of them a number of the same questions. I’m in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I can’t make it to this event, but you should: FORT BEND DEMOCRATS Invite you to A Tribute to an American Family An Evening with Rick and Melissa Noriega Friday, February 16th at 7:00PM Quail Valley Country Club, Missouri City … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know it’s early for the November City Council elections, especially when we have a May special election to worry about first, but it’s already clear that the highest profile race is going to be in District I, where current … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Time to gear up for the May special election. Click the More link for an invitation to Melissa Noriega’s campaign kickoff event, to which all are welcome. Continue reading →

The Houston GLBT Political Caucus takes a look at the five-so-far declared candidates for the open City Council seat, and adds some details that I had forgotten or hadn’t know. Despite some low profiles, this is an interesting and diverse … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via email from Burt Levine: I went by the City Secretary’s office at the close of business Thursday and found out that retired US Air Force Col. Roy Morales was the last to file Thursday. Morales, a seventh generation Houstonian, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s not on the Chronicle’s website yet (I daresay the weather news might have overshadowed it), but I am told that the May 12 special election to replace Shelley Sekula Gibbs on City Council has been officially declared by Council. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And the 2006 election season finally comes to a close. Pearland Republican Mike O’Day won a runoff election Tuesday to replace deceased state Rep. Glenda Dawson. In complete but unofficial returns, O’Day had 3,555 votes to beat another Pearland Republican, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I noted this on Kuff’s World yesterday, and today there’s a fuller story in the Chron. Giving up on efforts to delay the vote until November, Mayor Bill White on Thursday called a May 12 special election to fill the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I first heard about on the Walker Report before Christmas, and now here’s the Chron story of the official announcement: Mary Alice Cisneros is running for San Antonio City Council. Mary Alice Cisneros, wife of former mayor and HUD Secretary … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The last election of the 2006 cycle will be the first election of 2007. Voters will decide Jan. 16 who represents northern Brazoria County and Matagorda County — a week after the Legislature begins its new session. The runoff election … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Previously I noted that there was a petition drive in Farmers Branch to force a repeal of the anti-immigrant law that was passed by its City Council in November. It appears that drive was successful. Opponents of a city ordinance … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The following email was sent by Chris Bell, who as you know was once an At Large City Council member in Houston, to each current member of City Council: Dear Members of Houston City Council: Please consider the message that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On Wednesday at Kuff’s World, I discussed the possibility of Mayor White taking steps to avoid holding a special election to replace Shelley Sekula Gibbs for the remainder of her term on City Council. Today, Kristin Mack confirms that such … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m hearing rumors that two-time Congressional candidate Tom Reiser will be throwing his hat into the ring to replace Shelley Sekula Gibbs on City Council. Reiser spent big bucks in losing a 2000 primary for what was then CD25 to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

(Too much stuff from yesterday to do it all at once, so here’s a couple of catchup posts.) Now that we know it’s inevitable, let’s once again review the bidding regarding the upcoming special election to replace Congresswoman-for-a-day Shelley Sekula … Continue reading → Continue reading →