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And now the moment you have all been waiting for… or something.

I give you my endorsements for Houston’s City elections:

Mayor: Bill White

Up until about 3 weeks ago this was a surprisingly close one for me. I was impressed with Bill White when I first heard him speak back in May and he became my choice at that point. Since then, I have met Sylvester Turner on a couple of occasions, and I liked him. Even though I had a soft spot for Turner, the compelling reason for me to choose him over White never came. In the end, I had to go with who I thought would be the best manager for the city. I believe that Bill White is the guy for the job.

Controller (or is it comptroller): Annise Parker

The only politician I have met who remembers me each time I see her. That’s not why I am voting for her, but I honestly never considered another candidate for this seat. She is a Dean backer. That’s not why I am voting for her either, but it doesn’t hurt.

At Large 1: Brian Wozniak

A fellow Heights Democrat. I saw him speak once and he was the only Democrat contender for the seat that showed up for the for the forum I attended. We need the shaven-headed voice on city council

At Large 2: Gordon Quan

Never considered anyone else

At large 3: Peter Brown

This was the 2nd toughest decision for me to make. I really like Jolanda Jones. I was impressed by her energy and her desire to try to help the community through public service. With the infrastructure issues facing Houston, however, I just had to go with the experience that Peter Brown brings to the table. It didn’t hurt that he is also a nice guy and a Howard Dean supporter

At Large 4: Sue Lovell

Another toughie. I like Ron Green, but I think Sue Lovell brings the LGBT voice to city council and I think that is very important as Annise moves on to the Controller seat. Also another Dean backer (sense a trend here?) and a DNC delegate (both of which are important to us Dean folks in the upcoming primary)

At Large 5: Dwight Boykins

The only candidate for this seat I have seen speak. I liked what he had to say about education and community ties. I just liked the guy.

City Council District H: Either Diana Davila Martinez or Adrian Garcia

This one is still in the air for me. I probably won’t decide until I am hovering over the eSlate tomorrow. If I had to pick at this very moment, I would probably go with Martinez. I like her resume. I liked her when I met her. And again, she said she was a Dean supporter, so right now that’s the deciding factor. Maybe not a good one, but that’s what I will go with for now. For the record, Gonzalo Camacho (the real one, not the imposter) has commented on get donkey! a couple of times during the last few weeks. I sent him an email asking for his postions on three issues. I haven’t heard back from him yet. If I do, I will post what he has to say.

Metro: Yes!!

Firefighters right to organize: Yes

UPDATE — FWIW I didn’t go to any of the candidates I mentioned as Dean supporters and ask whether or not they supported Dean. They came to us (”us” being Dean campaign volunteers) usually at a Democratic Party event or a parade or festival that we were working at. All of the candidates praised our visiblilty, dedication, and organization. I think that the support of the candidates mentioned (and in some cases the requests for cross-campaigning) debunks one of the anti-Dean criticisms I have heard. That criticsm being that Dean will have no coattails in the National election because his anti-establishment/anti-Iraq war stances will make him a pariah for other candidates. I think that should he win the nomination, leveraging Dean’s grassroots organization is going to be very attractive to other candidates. The coattails will be there.

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