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February 8, 2001
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November 3, 2009
Election Night Parties So Far Are As Scintillating As The Campaign
Photo by Mike GiglioThings are very quiet at the vote-watch "parties" tonight, as the candidates and their supporters settle in for what's likely to be a long night of seeing who ends up being the odd person out.This description, of the Annise Parker bash, is pretty much true of the others. Excep ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Final Scenes As Parker And Locke Head To The Runoff
Note to Peter Brown -- if you're going to spend so much money on a campaign, get a microphone that works. His speech to supporters was kinda inaudible on TV, at least on KHOU.Then again, it wasn't like the guy who's now in third place had anything compelling to say: "I'm not here to say anything def ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Mid-Week Match-Up: And Then There Were Two
Houston is barely coming off the adrenaline rush of the mayoral election, and already it has been set careening into the non-stop thrill ride of the runoff.You thought Annise Parker and Gene Locke brought the high-octane heat in the first round? You ain't seen nothing yet. (Probably because you were ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Parker And Locke Tussle Over Cops And Trust
Who do you trust on Public Safety?The Annise Parker and Gene Locke campaigns released their initial runoff ads this week. In Parker's "Leader" ad she proudly acknowledges that the Houston Chronicle has endorsed her and decides to concentrate on public safety as the theme for her message.The ad ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Why Annise Parker Won And Gene Locke Lost
Photo by Daniel KramerThe path to victory for Annise Parker looked easy and if you run a well-oiled machine, that is exactly how it should be. Bottom line, Gene Locke did not win because he lacked the campaign experience that Parker had learned over the last ten years.Locke had the support ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
The Other Winners And Losers Of The 2009 Election
Every election cycle, there are winners and there are losers. 2009 is no different. Here is a list of winners and losers and brief reason why.WinnersGarnet Coleman -- He was one of the few African-Americans that supported Annise Parker when she began her career. He stuck out his neck once again, ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
Archie Bell, Roy Head Tapped for Free Mayoral Inaugural Concert at Discovery Green
Houston mayor-elect Annise Parker's office announced Wednesday afternoon that '60s soul stars Archie "Tighten Up" Bell and Roy "Treat Her Right" Head will be part of a free evening concert at Discovery Green next Monday, January 4. Parker is scheduled to take the mayoral oath earlier that day at th ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
New Year, New City Council: Don't Expect Many Waves
If you are planning for fireworks and more drama than a Maury "Who's the Daddy?" show when the new city council finally settles down next week ... well you will be in for a surprise. Expect a tame, courteous council that may run into bumps every once in a while for the most part.Annise Parker a ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Live Coverage of Annise Parker's Public Inauguration
While she privately took the oath of office on Saturday afternoon, today is the day that Houstonians will get to cheer alongside Annise Parker as she is publicly inaugurated as Houston's 61st mayor amidst day-long festivities and celebrations. Stay tuned to Hair Balls as we cover all the action belo ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Scenes From An Inauguration: God Hates Urinals
Photo by Daniel KramerAlthough it may have surprised the three anti-gay protestors outside the Wortham Theater, Mayor Annise Parker's inaugural speech concentrated less on her historic election as the first openly-gay big city mayor and more on her goals to improve coordination among law enforcem ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Aftermath: Annise Parker's Freezing Inaugural Concert at Discovery Green
Photos by GroovehouseRoy Head (center) and the Allen Oldies Band's Allen Hill (left) and Jim Henkel Annise ParkerThe best-laid plans of mice, men and even mayors sometimes go awry. Annise Parker declined a big-ticket inaugural celebration in favor of a free concert on Discovery Green, a genuin ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
No Fireworks At Parker's First Council Meeting (But Somehow Jolanda Jones Passes Up A Chance To Speak)
Mayor Annise Parker concluded her first City Council meeting this morning with a bang, warning citizens about icy roads in days ahead as Houston braces for what's expected to be its coldest temperatures in decades. "We're covering our pipes, doing what we can to keep ice away from our entrances," ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
The White House Wasn't Pleased Obama's Call To The Mayor Went Public
Photo courtesy White House Flickr GroupEver leave an extremely personal voicemail for someone, only to have what you thought was a private message broadcast to complete strangers -- or even worse, your friends? You know, maybe something about a burning sensation when you pee, or that you thi ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
BBVA Compass Tour de Houston
On your mark, Madam Mayor
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April 7, 2010
Cross-Dressing In The Women's Room? You'll Need These Songs
God-fearing men of Houston: Mayor Annise Parker wants to banish your micturitions back to the Stone Age: "Houston's first openly gay mayor is now being accused of opening up the women's restroom to cross-dressing men. On Tuesday morning, the Houston Area Pastors Council issued a blistering ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Annise Parker Is Almost As Influential As Glenn Beck
Time magazineAnnise Parker's official Time photo, looking stiff but proudly displaying comfortable shoesMayor Annise Parker is the 13th Most Influential or 13th Most Something, person in America, according to Time magazine.Time's 2010 list of "the people who most affect our world" is out, and fea ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Annise Parker Tries To Spin Away The Loss Of Continental
Leaving on a jet plane......Dozens of reporters stood cheek to cheek inside Houston Mayor Annise Parker's stuffy press room Monday afternoon seemingly waiting with bated breathe to hear what she would say about today's announced merger between Continental and United.But in truth, there wasn't a w ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Annise Parker's First Budget Doesn't Include Major Layoffs Or Furloughs -- Yet
One of the things that Mayor Annise Parker touts about the city's 2011 proposed budget -- released today -- is that it's balanced without any major layoffs in city departments or any mandatory furloughs for city employees. By the end of her presentation at City Hall, however, Parker said that you ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Annise Parker's Star Wars Choice: She's With The Bad Guys
City of Houston photosSo that's what Stormtroopers look like when they take off their helmets We'll admit freely that we're not the biggest Star Wars fans in the world. Given the fanaticism of some Jedi followers, it's an easy claim to make.But we thought -- and correct us if we're wrong -- that ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Annise Parker & Twitter: Break Out The Fail Whale (Updated)
Fail Whale, thy name is AnniseIn her campaign for mayor, Annise Parker promised to be deep into the whole social-media thing.Annise Parker has more Twitter followers than all of the Mayoral candidates combined. In order to maintain this robust network in one central location, the campaign will pu ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Annise Parker Touches Down In Oklahoma City For Astronaut Movie Premiere
Last weekend marked the 10th year for Oklahoma City's deadCENTER Film Festival. Since its beginnings as a small, largely local fest in 2000, it has grown into one of the summer's bigger festivals, drawing thousands of attendees each year and attracting filmmakers from across the world.The closing ... More >>
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July 5, 2010
Eyesore Apartments On South Side Finally Being Torn Down
Bring on your wrecking ballTomorrow is D-Day for the blighted Park Place Apartments at 7410 Park Place. D as in demolition, as the city announced today it has finally won the long battle to tear down the 43-unit complex.Demolition begins 9 a.m. tomorrow."This is one of the worst examples of negle ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Annise Parker Praises Shanghai For Its Acceptance Of Gays
Annise Parker praises Shanghai for GLBT acceptanceMayor Annise Parker is in the midst of the first big international trip of her term, a visit to China.She's attending the World Expo in Shanghai (Motto: "Yes, they still have World Fairs"), and in a speech cited the city's openness to gays as a so ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Annise Parker: Only Six Percent Think She's Doing A Poor Job
Annise Parker: Where are the haters?A new poll from KUHF and KHOU is out, showing Houstonians are generally okay with how things are going economically.How do they feel about new mayor Annise Parker? Let's just say her ratings haven't crashed as fast as Obama's. Only six percent of those polled t ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Best of Houston: Readers Vs. The Staff
Everyone's got an opinionThe 2010 Best of Houston issue is out, and formally hits the streets today. As always, it contains an eclectic mix of categories and picks, and you readers get the chance to chime in.And when you do, you often disagree with us.Only one can be right, right? You or us? let' ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Scores Of "Unsightly" Billboards Will Be Torn Down, Parker Says
A victory for billboard-hatersMayor Annise Parker says 59 highway billboards on the fringes of Houston's city limits will be taken down under a court order from a long-running lawsuit.The signs -- owned by RTM Media -- are in the city's "extra-territorial jurisdiction" and therefore are sub ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Red Light Cameras Are Off! Victory For The People!
Vox populi and all thatThe red light cameras that have vexed Houston drivers are now out of commission, Mayor Annise Parker says. The city council officially canvassed this morning the November 2 election results, making official the vote to remove the cameras. Now the city has to negotiate ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
City Employee's Furloughs Become Un-Voluntary
Note: Your Houston furlough may not come with kissesThose voluntary furloughs for city employees that Mayor Annise Parker announced last week? They just became not-so-voluntary. City Council has given Parker approval to impose mandatory furlough days for the last half of the current fiscal y ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
Another Graffiti-Removal Effort About to Be Launched by City
A graffiti truckThe city of Houston will be unveiling a big new graffiti-removal program tomorrow, throwing a spotlight on five new "graffiti trucks" that will cruise the city removing instantly the scourge of street art wherever it may be. The Greater East End Management District has receiv ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Chad Holley's Police Beating Is Subject of an Angry NAACP Town Hall Meeting
Mandy OaklanderAnnise Parker spoke at an NAACP town hall meeting last night.Last night around 7 p.m., the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church was packed tighter than a month's worth of Sunday mornings. Hundreds swarmed to attend the standing-room-only NAACP town hall meeting about the recent ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Annise Parker Talks About Her First Love
I'm From Driftwood, a Web site dedicated to real-life stories from gays and lesbians, has posted an interview with Mayor Annise Parker talking about her first love and a college romance. Parker remains quietly analytical, of course, but still, in recounting how heartsick she was when her girlfriend ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Third Ward Heat
Mayor, police grilled on HPD beating.
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March 3, 2011
Parker Gets Very, Very Gloomy About the Budget
A hard ax a-gonna fallIf you're making a list of "First sentences you don't want to read in memos," it would have to include "There is no easy way to deliver the news you are receiving today." But that's the way Mayor Annise Parker led off a grim summary to the council and city department he ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
After a Lot of Bitching, City Council Approves Adding Two New Seats
Meetings will get even longer....It took a surprising amount of bitching and complaining from people who apparently don't like to share the spotlight, but the city council has approved Mayor Annise Parker's plan to go ahead and add two district seats to the elected panel. The city declared t ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
That SafeClear Tow Will Now Set You Back $50
Got $50?Mayor Annise Parker announced a new wrinkle to the city's SafeClear program this morning -- that forced towing of your stalled car from the highway, the one you can't refuse? It'll now cost fifty bucks. Roadside assistance, such as fixing a flat, will be $30. Parker said the city wi ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Royal Wedding Can Go On: Annise Parker Has Given Her Blessing
Jessica MichanEnding months of increasingly frantic nervous speculation by Prince William and (especially) Kate Middleton, Mayor Annise Parker has greatly eased their mind by officially writing a congratulatory letter, the last big hurdle before any Royal Wedding in London. Preparations for F ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Royal Wedding: Vintage Wedding Cards, Modernized
Okay, you didn't get an invite to the big royal wedding. You should still send a card or something, show `em you care. (Assuming you do.) Mayor Annise Parker did! In case you are looking for cards to send over, we found some vintage ones. Naturally, we modernized them a bit.
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May 17, 2011
Bon Jovi Rides His Steel Horse to Meet Annise Parker
Photos by Allison WagonerHouston Mayor Annise Parker and Jon Bon Jovi stand with their autographed plates that will be featured on SEARCH's "Wall of China."Even though there's a famous APB on him, Jon Bon Jovi met with Mayor Annise Parker yesterday and was not arrested. Bon Jovi has a concer ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Pools And Community Centers Come Under Parker's Budget Ax
Pool's closed today, and all summerEight swimming pool pools and seven community centers won't open this summer and about 750 city employees will be laid off under the new budget proposed by Mayor Annise Parker today.The fire and police departments avoided layoffs. "Developing this budget h ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Drainage Fee Change: Your First 1,000 Square Feet of Impervious Surface Are Free, Free, Free!!!
AND THAT"S NOT ALL!!! Well, actually, it is.Mayor Annise Parker announced this afternoon that she's changing the new drainage-fee structure after a boatload of complaints that the fees are higher than what the referendum ads said they would be. The fees are assessed according to how much sur ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Comment of the Day: He Who Laughs Last
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Houston Begins Water-Shortage Plan: Take Shorter Showers, People
Your lawn, if this keeps upMayor Annise Parker announced today the city will be implementing Stage 1 of its water-shortage plan, which calls for residents to make some changes in their routines. Among them: Showers should be no longer than five minutes. Turn off the water while brishing your ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
The Top Ten Greatest Gays of Texas
Here in Texas, we lay claim to some of the most interesting and influential GLBT men and women of our time. Admittedly, they generally get out as fast as they can, but to us, they'll always be Texans. Here are ten GLBT men and women we're proudest to call Texans, especially during this season of Pri ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Protest Your Drainage Fee Via the World's Most Boring How-To Video
The city has announced the procedures it will use to hear protests over assessed drainage fees, and they look like they're about as much fun as protesting your property tax assessment. Worse, they involve watching the above, five and a half minutes of instruction on how to use the "You think you ca ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Ramadan Iftar, Sponsored by the City, Draws Hundreds of Muslims
Photo by Mandy OaklanderMayor Parker backed Saturday's citywide iftar. Sealed bottles of water sit on the white-clothed tables before the crowd of thirsty fasters. It's Ramadan, so for one month, observant Muslims like those gathered here at the downtown convention center will abstain from ea ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Mandatory Water Conservation: City Buildings Will Be Dirtier, Your Lawn Will Be Browner
No city windows or cars being cleaned for a while.Mayor Annise Parker announced mandatory water conservation in the city because levels at Lake Houston have gotten too low. That means you have 72 hours to fix any detectable water leaks at your house, you lazy bastard, and you're limited in ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Cigarettes Banned in City Parks?
Coming soon to a park near you?First they came for your barbecue grills, and you didn't speak out because you just microwave your meals. Now they may be coming for your cigs. Discussion at City Council today included talk of banning smoking in city parks because of the fire danger brought o ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
It's Election Day!! Go Out & Vote!!
Today's the dayYou probably don't realize it, but today is election day. Mayor Annise Parker is running for another term, there's a crowded and interesting race to represent the new Montrose-Heights council district, and an HISD board member is trying to keep his job via anti-gay mailings. ... More >>
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