Gene Locke has given it up; he’s just asked members of several communities, including the “journalism communtiy,” to get behind Annise Parker.
But she’s gay.
We can only hope Houston can survive this, the fifth or sixth sign of the apocalypse. Maybe the movie 2012 was right after all.
Next up: Parker with her initial speech as leader of Houston.
This article appears in Dec 10-16, 2009.