While the inauguration wasn’t without its low points (i.e., Fred Phelps and his merry band of morons with their hatemongering signs), the swearing in of Houston’s 61st mayor – who is also the city’s first gay mayor and the first Rice grad in office – went over without a hitch as excited onlookers cheered new mayor Annise Parker. PHOTOS BY DAN KRAMER
Houston’s 61st Mayor: Annise Parker’s Public Inauguration Ceremony
