Tomorrow morning Houston will have a new mayor, history is being made..

[texanwitch]

Houston elected a woman to be mayor who happens to be gay.

Annise Parker has been elected to two other city jobs before this.

Congrats soon to be Mayor Annise Parker.

I will be watching on my laptop, wish I could be there in person.

I am a very proud of my City of Houston.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. And you should be proud, my dear texanwitch!

That will be a truly historic moment...

I hope she will be very good for Houston!

Congrats!

:toast:

[texanwitch]

2. Annise will be a great mayor.

She won in my precinct.

I would love to be there in the morning but I will be taking my Aunt to see her Dr.

I did shake Annise's hand at early voting, that was a big moment for me.



Go Annise.

[onestepforward]

3. "Houston's new leader gets sworn in with budget on mind"

"In a private ceremony on Saturday, Annise Parker, 53, was sworn in as Houston’s 61st mayor.

State District Judge Steven Kirkland, a longtime friend and former campaign manager, administered the oath of office in front of a small group of Parker’s family and friends.

Parker used her grandparents’ Bible. She plans to use the same one again at Monday’s public ceremony.

According to a statement issued by the city, Parker kept Saturday’s swearing-in private to avoid overtime costs that would have incurred if police and other city employees were needed for a weekend inauguration."

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6795258.html


She'll be a great Mayor!

[texanwitch]

4. Good to say Mayor Annise Parker.

Now she belongs to the world.

[WolverineDG]

5. Hooray for Houston!

:woohoo: :toast:

dg

[texanwitch]

6. Thanks for jumping on the GD thread.

I was busy with my Aunt for several hours.

Wish I could have been in Houston this morning, but I was really proud in Austin.

:pals:

[WolverineDG]

7. Yeah, there's a lot of folks in denial

on that thread. :eyes:

:hug:

dg