In a rematch of a race for a seat on the Democratic National Committee at last summer's State Democratic Convention, Roslyn "Roz" Shorter will challenge incumbent Houston City Council Member Sue Lovell for the City's At Large Position 2.
You may remember Shorter as the local woman chosen by the Barack Obama camp to get the Houston audience hyped when then Seantor Obama made a campaign stop in the Bayou City. Shorter now says she's already to take on sitting Houston City Council Member Sue Lovell. Shorter says At-Large Position 2 is perfect for what she wants to do and she's willing to do serious battle with Lovell to take the spot. Shorter says she will make an official announcement in the weeks to come.
I have talked to a few folks more familiar with Houston city politics than I and they say this is a continuation of what was described as a "feud" between Lovell and Council Member Jolanda Jones.
Lovell was one of Jolanda's biggest supporters in her first run for council but since Jones was elected, things have changed. Jones was reportedly one of the people who urged Shorter to run against Lovell for DNC last summer.
Lovell narrowly won re-election in 2005 in a run off and while it remains to be seen whether Shorter can mount a serious challenge, this should be an interesting race to watch.
Governor Perry ignores a resolution from the Harris County GOP Party asking him to veto HB3 and signs the bill in Brownwood today. The DMN article notes that even though HB3 is now law, Perry plans "to travel around the state holding ceremonial signings of the same bill." Is that not the dumbest thing you've ever heard?
Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who is running to be the GOP nominee for CD-22, delays a vote on funding for a day-labor site because "the president of the United States says we're not supposed to be employing illegal immigrants." Democratic councilwomen Ada Edwards, Sue Lovell and Carol Alvardo give her what's what in return.
Congressman Silvestre Reyes pens a excellent pair of letters to President Bush about his plan to send troops and new technology to the border (which, incidentally, looks like one hell of a windfall for Lockheed Martin). Reyes' second letter concerns Mexico's July presidential election and the potential for militarization along the border to lead to the election of an anti-American president; presumably, Reyes is referring to Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador. It's an interesting proposition, but anyone more up-to-date on their Mexican politics than I am care to comment on that?
