Blog posting schedule: today will also include another lengthy 2020 Update, with (perhaps) the third part of Houston's runoffs tomorrow, the Funnies on Sunday, and Monday's regularly slated Wrangle.
Space City could have five Democrats sitting in the At-Large seats around the Bagby horseshoe come January 1, 2020, or five Republicans. Or some combination of the two, if a bunch of bipartisan weirdos split their votes.
The current conservative faction of Mike Knox, Michael Kubosh, and Jack Christie have held a 3-2 edge, reflecting what liberals hope is the evaporating trend of suburbanites voting Republican. (Even Dennis Bonnen said so, after all.) In AL 1, Democratic turnout pushed Cowboy Knox -- he has friends who are black; scroll down -- into a runoff with hard-working millennial Raj Salhotra, who represents in every single fashion the progress Houston needs to take entering the next decade.
The AL 2 runoff is a carbon copy of 2015, with ultra-conservative pastor Willie Davis squaring off again with incumbent CM David Robinson. This one isn't a brainer.
AL 3 features another odious conservative, Michael Kubosh, who has done the best job of scamming African Americans out of their votes of any Republican in the city. It's truly remarkable how much hypocrisy he's been able to get away with. If you want to know when this long con began, start here (hint: red light camera ordinance, feeding the homeless ordinance. Thanks, Annise!). Janaeya Carmouche is just the woman to end this madness.
And At Large 4 offers H-Town voters a similarly stark choice between a regressive, inexperienced, unqualified Republican running against a talented, capable African American woman: Anthony Dolcefino versus Leticia Plummer. Previously blogged, there is just no sense in voting for a young man whose residence is listed as a couch in his dad's office to represent nearly five million of us. His dad is looney toons, and that's who'll be calling the shots here.
Christie will be replaced with either the highly competent establishment Democrat, Sallie Alcorn, or the ridiculous Republican Eric Dick -- laughable not just because of his surname.
Alcorn, to quote Beto O'Rourke, seems to have been born for municipal service. She has served the past decade with 3 CMs -- Pam Holm, Steve Costello, Greg Travis -- and Costello as 'flood czar'. She also worked with Chris Bell when he was the Congress critter for the 25th, from 2003-05. That's one of the largest piles of bipartisan credibility you'll find on your ballot in any year.
You might note that two of those bosses are Republicans, and the other two might as well be. That's H-Town government for ya. While Alcorn may be Charles Kuffner's or John Cobarruvias' idea of the best representative of the people in public service, in my iteration as DSA/Green/Berniecrat/whatever, I endorsed Ashton Woods early on in this race for the change at City Hall I believe is needed. But Alcorn is quite obviously knowledgeable about the inner workings of municipal government and should be a most capable member of Council.
None of the above, as everyone knows, could be said of Dick. Vote for Ms. Alcorn in AL 5.
Republicans will be strongly motivated in turning out the vote for Crazy Pants Richie Rich Buzbee and this slate of freaks above. Kubosh in particular sells himself as a check-and-balance against Mayor Turner's so-called worst instincts. In the first round last week I voted for more progressive candidates, but the choices above would keep the city on the road to progress, and the wrong ones won't. Let's flip these seats and get going on the changes we know need to be made.
Lagging behind with these, so the rest will come after the Weekly D-2020 Update.
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Space City could have five Democrats sitting in the At-Large seats around the Bagby horseshoe come January 1, 2020, or five Republicans. Or some combination of the two, if a bunch of bipartisan weirdos split their votes.
Election Day for the Joint Runoff Election is December 14. For more information on applying for a mail ballot visit https://t.co/HxElJ48Rv7 pic.twitter.com/romqgzUhPn— Diane Trautman (@dtrautman) November 8, 2019
The current conservative faction of Mike Knox, Michael Kubosh, and Jack Christie have held a 3-2 edge, reflecting what liberals hope is the evaporating trend of suburbanites voting Republican. (Even Dennis Bonnen said so, after all.) In AL 1, Democratic turnout pushed Cowboy Knox -- he has friends who are black; scroll down -- into a runoff with hard-working millennial Raj Salhotra, who represents in every single fashion the progress Houston needs to take entering the next decade.
The AL 2 runoff is a carbon copy of 2015, with ultra-conservative pastor Willie Davis squaring off again with incumbent CM David Robinson. This one isn't a brainer.
AL 3 features another odious conservative, Michael Kubosh, who has done the best job of scamming African Americans out of their votes of any Republican in the city. It's truly remarkable how much hypocrisy he's been able to get away with. If you want to know when this long con began, start here (hint: red light camera ordinance, feeding the homeless ordinance. Thanks, Annise!). Janaeya Carmouche is just the woman to end this madness.
And At Large 4 offers H-Town voters a similarly stark choice between a regressive, inexperienced, unqualified Republican running against a talented, capable African American woman: Anthony Dolcefino versus Leticia Plummer. Previously blogged, there is just no sense in voting for a young man whose residence is listed as a couch in his dad's office to represent nearly five million of us. His dad is looney toons, and that's who'll be calling the shots here.
Christie will be replaced with either the highly competent establishment Democrat, Sallie Alcorn, or the ridiculous Republican Eric Dick -- laughable not just because of his surname.
Alcorn, to quote Beto O'Rourke, seems to have been born for municipal service. She has served the past decade with 3 CMs -- Pam Holm, Steve Costello, Greg Travis -- and Costello as 'flood czar'. She also worked with Chris Bell when he was the Congress critter for the 25th, from 2003-05. That's one of the largest piles of bipartisan credibility you'll find on your ballot in any year.
You might note that two of those bosses are Republicans, and the other two might as well be. That's H-Town government for ya. While Alcorn may be Charles Kuffner's or John Cobarruvias' idea of the best representative of the people in public service, in my iteration as DSA/Green/Berniecrat/whatever, I endorsed Ashton Woods early on in this race for the change at City Hall I believe is needed. But Alcorn is quite obviously knowledgeable about the inner workings of municipal government and should be a most capable member of Council.
None of the above, as everyone knows, could be said of Dick. Vote for Ms. Alcorn in AL 5.
Republicans will be strongly motivated in turning out the vote for Crazy Pants Richie Rich Buzbee and this slate of freaks above. Kubosh in particular sells himself as a check-and-balance against Mayor Turner's so-called worst instincts. In the first round last week I voted for more progressive candidates, but the choices above would keep the city on the road to progress, and the wrong ones won't. Let's flip these seats and get going on the changes we know need to be made.
Lagging behind with these, so the rest will come after the Weekly D-2020 Update.
