Tag Archives: Andrew Burks

Two cities, one argument about airports

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Turns out Houston isn’t the only city squabbling with United Airlines about airport expansions. There’s a similar fight going on in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has gotten tough with the teachers union and muscled the City Council. But will he … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged Andrew Burks, Chicago, Hobby Airport, Houston, Houston Airport System, IAH, O'Hare, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines | 3 Comments

Council is skeptical of Hobby International

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Not so clear skies for expanding Hobby Airport into an international terminal. A consultant’s study that forecasts an economic boon for Houston if Hobby is made into an international airport came under fire from city council members Monday as “biased” … Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | Tagged Al Hoang, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Clarence Bradford, Hobby Airport, Houston, Houston Airport System, Houston City Council, IAH, Mario Diaz, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines | 12 Comments

Tag this

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Live by the pointless parliamentary maneuver, die by the pointless parliamentary maneuver. City Councilwoman Helena Brown’s colleagues, after weeks of frustration over her delays of what they consider vital city business, reached the limit of their patience Wednesday and twice … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Larry Green, Mike Laster | Comments Off

January finance reports: City of Houston

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, I know, there are no city of Houston elections this year. (Not yet, anyway.) But the candidates and officeholders have to file reports anyway, covering the period from their last report through the end of the year. That period … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Election 2013, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, runoff, Wanda Adams | 3 Comments

Runoff precinct analysis, At Large #2

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

One of Santa’s election elves came by on Friday with a delivery of Harris County precinct data for the 2011 runoff elections. You can guess how I spent some of my weekend. Before I launch into the numbers, here are … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Houston, Houston City Council, Kristi Thibaut, precinct analysis, precinct data, runoff, turnout | 7 Comments

Don’t draw broad conclusions from muddled evidence

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I have a number of issues with the analysis presented in this Chron story about what happened in the runoffs and What It All Means. The results illustrate a continuation of a national trend of anger and frustration toward government … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Clarence Bradford, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, red light cameras, Renew Houston, runoff | 4 Comments

Christie, Burks, Davis, Brown

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Those are your runoff winners. Jack Christie’s victory was the most dramatic, coming in his fifth attempt to defeat Jolanda Jones, an opponent he had forced into multiple runoff elections. Helena Brown was the other candidate who beat an incumbent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, Election 2011, Election 2013, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, Montgomery County, runoff, turnout | 34 Comments

November was like 2007, December is more like 2005

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the daily report for the first six days of Early Voting in the runoff. There have been 17,568 votes cast so far, with today still to go. That means there have been more early votes cast in Harris County … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, early voting, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jay Aiyer, Joe Trevino, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, Sue Lovell, turnout | 3 Comments

Runoff overview: At Large #2

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

For a guy who’s run multiple campaigns for Council – more than he can remember – Andrew Burks is somewhat of a cipher. Let’s see what the Chron overview of the At Large #2 runoff says about perennial candidate Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, Election 2009, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, Sue Lovell | 12 Comments

Eight day runoff finance reports

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Seven of the eight campaign finance reports for the runoff have been posted; all but Jack Christie’s were available online as of last night. Let’s have a look at them. First up, District A: Candidate Raised Spent Loans Cash on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2011, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff | 5 Comments

Early voting for city runoffs begins today

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

You remember that we have runoff elections for four Houston City Council positions, right? Well, early voting starts today and runs through next Tuesday, December 6. Here are the early voting locations that will be open for the runoff. Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, District A, District B, early voting, Election 2007, Election 2011, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, turnout | 23 Comments

Looking ahead to the runoffs

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The runoff election for the city of Houston will be Saturday, December 10. It’s going to be an extremely low turnout affair – as was the case with the general election, I expect the runoff to have about the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, endorsements, fundraising, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut | 4 Comments

Saggy pants

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not much of a candidate forum attender, but I wish I had gone to this one. Half-a-dozen candidates in runoff City Council elections each made his or her case as champion of the downtrodden before a mostly black and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #2, candidate forum, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Kristi Thibaut, runoff | 1 Comment

Early voting for city runoffs begins today

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, early voting, Election 2011, endorsements, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: 2011 At Large #2

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

What can you say about a ten-candidate pileup? Let’s start by seeing what the district numbers look like: Dist Thibaut Perez Burks Goss Fraga Dick Pool Griff Robinson Shorter ==================================================================================== A 15.69% 17.99% 13.94% 3.03% 6.93% 11.67% 6.41% 11.35% 9.75% … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, Bolivar Fraga, David Robinson, Election 2011, Elizabeth Perez, Eric Dick, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Jenifer Pool, Kristi Thibaut, precinct analysis, precinct data, Roz Shorter | 5 Comments

More thoughts on the Council elections

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

One district at a time… – I confess that I did not see the District A result coming. Helena Brown did raise a decent amount of money since entering the race at the filing deadline, about $22K through the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, District A, District B, District C, District F, District J, Election 2009, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, endorsements, Gene Locke, HBAD, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kathy Blueford Daniels, Kristi Thibaut, Peter Lyn Rene, Ronald Green, runoff, Toni Lawrence | 7 Comments

2011 Houston results

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s go through the races… – Mayor Parker won with a shade under 51%, with none of her opponents cracking 15% on their own. Obviously, this is not a position a Mayor with no serious opposition wants to be in, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, Carroll Robinson, District A, District B, Election 2007, Election 2011, Election 2013, Ellen Cohen, Harris County, HCC, Helena Brown, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jew Don Boney, Jolanda Jones, Juliet Stipeche, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Manuel Rodriguez, Mayor, Mike Laster, Paula Harris, Ramiro Fonseca, runoff, turnout | 11 Comments

Eight day finance reports, part II

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Finishing what I started… – Fernando Herrera‘s report appeared on Tuesday. He raised $15,835, spent $27,185, and has $242.87 on hand. There were several expenditures on signs and a couple for “Advertising” that didn’t give me much of a clue … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, Bolivar Fraga, campaign finance reports, Dave Wilson, David Robinson, District K, Election 2011, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jack O'Connor, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Kevin Simms, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Mayor, Pat Frazier, Scott Boates | 5 Comments

Filing deadline today

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Today is the last day to file for the November 2011 election, which means that today is the day we separate the contenders from the pretenders and see which perennials will bloom on the ballot. There are no surprises so … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alexander Gonik, Andrew Burks, Chris Carmona, Election 2011, filing deadline, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack O'Connor, Jerry Davis, Louis Molnar, Randy Locke, Ray Jones | 1 Comment

At long last, HCC campaign finance statements

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I had sent an Open Records request to the HCC General Counsel to get copies of July campaign finance reports for all HCC Trustees and candidates. I sent that in on August 10, and the reply I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, HCC, Houston, Houston City Council, Michael Williams | 3 Comments

Tuesday late filers report

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This is a semi-regular tracker of late campaign finance report filings for City of Houston elections. I’ll keep this up until either everyone has filed, or we all get sick of it and I move onto other trivial obsessions. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alexander Gonik, Andrew Burks, At Large #1, Bob Schoellkopf, Bryan Smart, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, District D, District K, Election 2009, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Scott Boates | 2 Comments

HCDE moves to eject Wolfe

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The strange saga of Harris County Department of Education Trustee Michael Wolfe takes another weird turn. The Harris County Board of Education has voted to begin legal proceedings to kick Trustee Michael Wolfe off the board. Fellow trustee Jim Henley … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Andrew Burks, Election 2006, Election 2010, Harris County, HCDE, Jim Henley, lawsuit, Michael Wolfe | 8 Comments

Runoff precinct analysis, At Large Council races

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Continuing on with the precinct analyses from the runoff, here’s a look at the City Council At Large races. First up, At Large #1: Dist Derr Costello Derr% Cost% ==================================== A 7,200 8,160 46.9 53.1 B 5,737 4,859 54.1 45.9 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, early voting, Election 2008, Election 2009, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, runoff, Stephen Costello, Steven Hotze, Sue Lovell | 2 Comments

Initial thoughts on the runoffs

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll go through them one race at a time, with the unofficial vote totals minus Montgomery County for each. Once I have precinct results, I’ll go through those and do a more detailed analysis. Mayor Annise Parker – 81,971, 52.78% … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, District A, District F, early voting, Election 2009, Election Day, Fort Bend County, Gene Locke, Harris County, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, Mayor, MJ Khan, Ronald Green, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell, turnout | 19 Comments

Eight days out finance reports, At Large candidates

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Continuing on with our look at the eight days out reports, here’s how things stack up for the At Large Council candidates in the runoffs. Candidate Raised Spent Loans Cash PAC $$ PAC % =============================================================== Derr 26,692 13,034 5,000 5,487 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, attack mailers, campaign finance reports, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 3 Comments

What the others are saying about Hotze’s endorsement

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

So here’s the Chron coverage of the Hotze endorsement. Of the many things I find unfathomable about this, here’s the item at the top of the list. Kris Banks, president of Houston’s GLBT Political Caucus, which has endorsed Parker, questioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Al Hoang, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Brenda Stardig, Election 2009, endorsements, gay rights, Gene Locke, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Mayor, MJ Khan, runoff, Stephen Costello, Steven Hotze | 9 Comments

Hotze endorses Locke

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for, and now it’s on its way to a mailbox near you, as local hatemeister Steven Hotze has endorsed candidates in all six City of Houston runoffs and sent a mail piece out touting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, attack mailers, Election 2009, endorsements, gay rights, Gene Locke, HGLBT Political Caucus, Houston, Houston City Council, Mayor, runoff, Stephen Costello, Steven Hotze | 5 Comments

Lovell v. Burks

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

And here’s the Chron story on the At Large #2 runoff, featuring Council Member Sue Lovell and Andrew Burks. Unlike Jones v. Christie, my opinion that CM Lovell will retain her seat is much more common. Burks does have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, runoff, Sue Lovell | 6 Comments

Council turnover

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

One underappreciated aspect of this year’s election is that we may wind up with more than two new At Large City Council members. We started with two open seats, and with incumbents Sue Lovell and Jolanda Jones in runoffs, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Clarence Bradford, Election 1997, Election 1999, Election 2001, Election 2003, Election 2005, Election 2007, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 3 Comments

The HCRP view of the candidates

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Here, in PDF format, you will find a copy of the mailer that Harris County GOP Chair Jared Woodfill sent out to his flock before the election. In it you will find three things of interest. One is all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Al Hoang, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Election 2009, endorsements, Gene Locke, Griff Griffin, Houston, Jack Christie, Jared Woodfill, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, Mayor, MJ Khan, Pam Holm, Republican Party, Ronald Green, Roy Morales, runoff, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 3 Comments

Precinct analysis: City Council At Large races

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Moving on to the At Large City Council races. I’m going to look at each of them here. First up, At Large #1: Dist Cook Litt Alls Cost Derr Rodr Perk Batt ============================================================ A 1,521 1,629 397 4,806 4,144 2,087 … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #4, At Large #5, Carlos Obando, Clarence Bradford, Davetta Daniels, Election 2008, Election 2009, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Karen Derr, Noel Freeman, precinct analysis, precinct data, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 4 Comments

Eight days out: Spending on voter outreach by At Large candidates

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As with the Controller’s race, I took a look at spending on voter outreach for At Large candidates in the 30 day out report. Given that some large number of people have no clue about who is running for these … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #4, At Large #5, Bob Perry, campaign finances, Clarence Bradford, Curtis Garmon, Election 2009, Griff Griffin, Herman Litt, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Lonnie Allsbrooks, Noel Freeman, Stephen Costello, Sue Lovell | 5 Comments

The Controller’s race

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron writes about fundraising in the race to replace Annise Parker as Houston City Controller. The three major candidates vying to replace Controller Annise Parker, who is term-limited and angling to become the city’s next mayor, raised more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, Bruce Tatro, Election 2003, Election 2009, fundraising, Gabriel Vasquez, Herman Litt, Houston, Houston City Controller, Mark Lee, MJ Khan, Pam Holm, Ronald Green | Comments Off

Turner not running for Mayor

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Mayoral field for this November should now be set. State Rep. Sylvester Turner announced today he would not attempt a run for mayor of Houston. The 11-term Democrat representative’s announcement comes a little more than three weeks after he … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Alfred Molison, Andrew Burks, Anne Clutterbuck, Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #3, District C, District F, District G, Election 2006, Election 2007, Election 2009, fundraising, Gene Locke, HCDE, Houston, Houston City Council, Lewis Cook, Mayor, Peter Brown, Richard Sedita, Roy Morales, Roz Shorter, Sylvester Turner, The Lege, TJ Huntley | 2 Comments

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