Political Early Voting In High Gear for Houston City Elections
By Burt Levine Political Writer
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arly voting began with 5,025 voters voting the first day of early voting Monday, October 21 for the November 5 Houston Mayor, City Controller and City Council, Houston School Board and College Board elections. That total this year was nearly twice the 2,557 people that voted the first day of early voting in 2011 and higher than any first day for a city race in the last 10 years. The busiest early voting site the first day of early voting was at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Station on West Gray in State Rep. Sarah Davis’ District 134 in the Montrose area where 540 early voters were counted including Mayor Parker who attracted a crowd to greet her in the morning when she showed to vote. Some predictors are Parker could win her third and final term allowed by law this November 5 with the more than the 50 percent required to avoid a December run-off election against her top challenger former City Attorney Ben Hall who cancelled his
television advertising weeks ago as she continues to clobber him with ads attacking him for personal federal and local tax issues. The second top early voting site was the Fiesta Mart across from Reliant in Rep. Boris Miles’ District on Kirby Drive where 286 early voters were counted. The Multi-Service Center on West Gray and the Fiesta on Kirby are the top two early voting sites despite being located in Ellen Cohen’s District C and Larry Green’s City Council District K where the second term district city council members are unopposed and not conducting campaigns to bring out their city voters. The Fiesta however is located across the street from the Astrodome area and the ballot does feature a countywide initiative to issue $271 in bonds to re-build the iconic Astrodome facility as a convention, hotel and exposition center as opposed to spending tens of millions of dollars to tear it down. The third busiest early voting
site was Bayland Park where 263 early votes were counted. Bayland Park is located in Rep. Gene Wu’s District at 6400 Bissonnet at Hillcroft. Bayland Park is also located in City Mike Laster District J who is also unopposed but it is the early vote poll that is closest to the City of Bellaire where Mayor Phil Nauert is being challenged by freshmen City Council Member Corbett Parker. A crowded field is also running for Bellaire City Council. Bayland Park is also convenient for those voting for Houston Community College District 5 which is the seat Richard Schechter abruptly retired from early this year. Businessmen Robert Glasser and Phil Kunetka and African American fire fighter union leader Roy Cormier are in the race to succeed Schechter to represent Bellaire, West University, Meyerland, Maplewood and other areas in southwest Houston and areas north to north of Sharpstown on the HCC Board. Bayland Park is also conve-
nient for those voting for the Houston ISD Board Seat being vacated by HISD long-time leader Larry Marshall. Running to succeed Marshall are term limited Council Member Wanda Adams, former Trustee Clyde Lemon and educator Coretta Mallet-Fontenot. Early Voting will continue 7 am to 7 pm Saturday, October 26, 1 pm to 6 pm Sunday, October 27 and from 7 am to 7 pm through Friday, November 1. For all information on Harris County voting the best source is wwwHarrisVotes.Com.
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ith each new season comes the familiar urge to shop and stock up on the latest fashion trends. Whether you’re dreaming of the looks heading down the runway or shopping at your local thrift store for fabulous finds, it can be hard to get everything you want without breaking the bank. So, how do you keep up with the latest fashion trends on a budget? The fashion experts at Hanes offer some
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