Roy Morales
Annise Parker and Gene Locke Gear up for the December 12th Run Off
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2009-11-05 10:36 Authored by Davey D
It’ll be interesting to see how the campaigns between Annise Parker and Gene Locke shape up over the next few weeks leading up to the Dec 12th run off. We’ll be watching to see if the gloves come off to a point that race, gender and sexual orientation play into people’s decision-making. We’ll also be watching to see how much outreach these two candidates do. Will they play it safe and focus on turning out likely voters or will they tap into the tens of thousands of eligible voters who stayed home this Nov 3rd? It’ll also be interesting to see who fellow candidates City Councilman Peter Brown and conservative Roy Morales endorse and whether or not it would make a difference. The playing field seems wide open and at this point if neither candidate fails to reach out and get large numbers of people to the polls, there will be an opportunity for an ambitious block of people to galvanize their community and get them to weigh in on the contest. As you read the Houston Chronicle article below we encourage to think about what sorts of things you really want to have in a mayor and then start hitting Ms. Parker or Mr. Locke up. They need to hear from you.
Who Should be Houston's Next Mayor?
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2009-10-29 14:39 Authored by Davey DWith early voting in full swing and the election day less than a week away… people are still up in the air as to who they should vote for when it comes to Mayor of Houston. Who ever sits in that chair will be yielding a lot of power and will set a tone for one of the nation’s most exciting and rapidly growing cities. Houston is on the move and it needs a mayor who will set the pace. It needs a mayor who can make an increasingly young population feel like they are in touch - a mayor who understands the pressing issues impacting young adults. They range from job opportunities to education to affordable housing. Houston needs a mayor that will make a city that has large African-American, Latino, Asian and Gay & Lesbian population feel like their respective needs are being met. Below you will find some links to articles and videos that can hopefully lend some insight...
Who Will be Houston’s Next Mayor?
Submitted by Southern Shift on Tue, 2009-09-15 11:21 Authored by Davey DWho should be Houston’s next mayor? We recently attended a debate that featured 3 of the 4 candidates and got to interview 2 of the candidates. Listen to what they had to say, drop us a line and weigh in... We will be posting up some of the audience reaction we got...
We caught up with mayoral candidate Gene Locke who laid out 3 reasons why he is the most qualified person for Houston Mayor. We talked to him about diversity and how he works to bring Black and Brown communities together. We also talked to him about how he inspires young people to become politically involved and to vote.
Houston Mayoral Candidate Roy Morales on Southern Shift TV
Submitted by Southern Shift on Sat, 2009-09-12 13:28We caught up with Houston Mayoral candidate Roy Morales who addressed an audience and laid out his background as a military man and explained some of things he intends to do if elected Mayor.
