damm crazy houston rednecks

[RACER X]

voted in an openly gay female mayor, though we had a closet gay fem. mayor many moons ago (kathy whitmire, 1980's)

over a black male city attorney

over a white male city council member

over a mexican male school board trustee

no i didn't get vote, we don't live in houston proper anymore.

this thread is aimed mostly at homeslice.........

she already wants to change police chief and revamp the fire dept. (no not my unlock dept.)

[Kaneman]

Yea, Houston is a real progressive city. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Dave]

thuper!

[Homeslice]

No surprise here, Houston has always been liberal Democrat. What happens there doesn't reflect on the rest of Texas.

[unknownroad]

voted in an openly gay female mayor, though we had a closet gay fem. mayor many moons ago (kathy whitmire, 1980's)

over a black male city attorney

over a white male city council member

over a mexican male school board trustee


How does that make them damn crazy rednecks? :scratch:

[RACER X]

No surprise here, Houston has always been liberal Democrat. What happens there doesn't reflect on the rest of Texas.

lol, thats austin.......not houston.

[Homeslice]

lol, thats austin.......not houston.

Not true at all, look it up.

You don't even live in the city anyway, lol.

[Homeslice]

From wikipedia:

The city of Houston itself has historically voted Democratic except for its affluent western and west-central portions, including the River Oaks, Westchase, Memorial and Uptown/Post Oak areas, as well as the Kingwood and Clear Lake City master-planned communities on Houston's far northeast and southeast sides, respectively. All these areas favor and are almost entirely represented both in Congress and in the Texas Legislature by Republicans. Democrats' strongest areas are within Loop 610, and also in the largely poor and minority northern, eastern and southern portions of Houston. Most of these areas have sizable Hispanic populations, though some northern and southern parts of the city have notable African-American communities. Democrats are also stronger in the more liberal Montrose neighborhood, which is home to a large artist and LGBT community, and Alief, which houses a sizable Asian-American population. In 2008, almost every county in the region voted for Republican John McCain, however only Harris County was won by Democratic President Barack Obama by a small margin (51%-49%).[27] Galveston has long been a staunch Democratic stronghold, with the most active Democratic county establishment in the state.[28]

[Papa_Complex]

A big 16% voter turn-out, no?

[pdog]

Central Austin is democratic but the suburbs outside are republican. Probably the same way with Houston?

[karl_1052]

SO they voted for a lesbo over some stuffy lawyer dude.

Why is this news again?

redflip

[Rider]

Not as surprising as Lutherans and Episcopalians electing openly gay church leaders. :wtf:

[RACER X]

she already wants to change police chief and revamp the fire dept. (no not my unlock dept.)

not even in office yet, and the police chief resigned yest...... :lol

[azoomm]

Central Austin is democratic but the suburbs outside are republican. Probably the same way with Houston?

That's what I was thinking.