Burnt Orange Report

Galveston Results (Finally)

By Jim Dallas

Galveston city election results were released at 10:30 this morning; the counting machine brokedown last night after counting only four of approximately 30 precincts.

The short story: Lyda Ann Thomas won the mayoral election in a landslide (I predicted wrong); Proposition 2 (requiring a vote before placement of parking meters on the Seawall) passed by an equally-lopsided margin.

So we've got a lady mayor, a majority (4 of 6) of the city councilors are now women.

And there won't be parking meters on the Seawall anytime soon.