Houston reporters got a first hand taste of what many of us know to be a universal truth: f' with a power dyke and she will cut you (off). Mayor Annise Parker walked out of her presser after being repeatedly dogged by reporters about the creation of a gay district.
Rumors started to "come out" about this "closeted" district (I'm sorry, I can't help it) after conservative Houston city councilman Mike Sullivan (who is far as I know isn't related to Andrew Sullivan) was asked to step down from the committee over seeing the redistricting process. This, of course, comes after Parker's threat to send him to Siberia after he opposed her on the Port Commission. Who knew Houston had gulags?
Now while Mayor Parker is (spoiler alert for all of you at CNN still in shock over Jody Foster) a lesbian, I think that this move is more likely the age old game politician A whacking politician B over the nose with a rolled up newspaper for...wait for it...political reasons rather than nefarious plot in the big gay agenda to create a city council district where children, fanny packs, and polyester would be illegal.
Hmmm while we're at it, can we finally get around to banning children in decent restaurants after 7:00?
Lumping all of your, presumed, supporters into a single district is counter productive politically. If you look at what Texas GOP did during their major redistricting, they moved their own supporters about to aim for no more than a bare majority in each district as that would maximize the number of districts they could expect to win - there is no bonus for winning individual seats by a landslide in representative democracies.
ReplyDeleteShhh John, don't tell her that. LOL Lot's of good news here in Texas. We get four new congressional seats, both houses of the legislature have GOP super majorities, and all our madated "affirmative action" seats are filled with such luminaries as Sheila Jackson Lee (also of Houston) and Selverster Reyes of Hell Paso.
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