Talk:Politics of Houston

Annexations

Regarding the Renee C. Lee article, others mentioned not mentioned in other articles include:

• 1,300 acres east of Humble - 1971
• 1534 acres in Northwood Manor - 1975
• The Bayport area, Fondren Road area, and area west of Sharpstown are mentioned in the Bush IAH article
• Houston Harbor is mentioned in the Denver Harbor article

WhisperToMe (talk) 02:33, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Homeowner associations

• http://www.houstontx.gov/cao/civicclubs.pdf
  • Has phone numbers and addresses

WhisperToMe (talk) 01:46, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Stuff

Proposed zoning:

• Dyer, R.A. "Zoning defeated by narrow margin." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 3, 1993. A1.
  • Includes a breakdown of %s based on community!
  • Also divided socioeconomically

Election of Lee Brown:

• Bernstein, Alan. "For Brown, ethnic medley with black chorus." Houston Chronicle. Monday December 8, 1997. A1.
• Benjaminson, Wendy. "Brown, Mosbacher set sharp tone for mayor runoff." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 6, 1997. A29 Metfront.
  • Includes a breakdown of %s based on community!

Affirmative action program:

• Mason, Julie. "Voters keep affirmative action program alive." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 5, 1997. Section A, Page 1.
  • Includes a breakdown of %s based on community!

Bell and Dixon:

• Milling, T.J. "Vote pattern may set stage for runoff/Issues of race, income are key for Bell, Dixon." Houston Chronicle. Monday January 20, 1997. A13.
• Bernstein, Alan. "Bell wins council runoff/Lawyer beats minister to take vacated at- large seat.' Houston Chronicle. Sunday February 16, 1997. A1.
• Bernstein, Alan. "Bell outpacing Dixon in council runoff." Houston Chronicle. Sunday February 16, 1997. A1.

Stadium:

• Staff. "Sports arena referendum." Houston Chronicle. Friday November 5, 1999. A40.
• Williams, John, Tony Freemantle, and Janette Rodrigues. "Port bonds win; arena dunked/ Basketball plan, team both lose." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 3, 1999. A1.
• Williams, John. "In the clutch, arena strategy came up short / Coalition didn't hold together as it did with 1996 stadium vote." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 4, 1999. A1.

Port:

• Staff. "Port of Houston bond issue." Houston Chronicle. Friday November 5, 1999. A40.
• Rendon, Ruth and Rad Sallee. "Port bond foes say they are not ready to give up the fight." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 4, 1999. A29 Metfront.
• Moreno, Jenalia, Edward Hegstrom, Ed Asher, and Staff. "Port bonds win; arena dunked/ Terminal plan sails to victory." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 3, 1999. A1.

HISD bond:

• Markley, Melanie. "Election '98/HISD leaders savor margin of victory /Pressure on to make wise use of money." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 5, 1998. A31 MetFront.
• Markley, Melanie and Salatheia Bryant. "Election '98/$678 million in HISD bonds wins high marks from voters." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 4, 1998. A1.

Governor of Texas:

• Ratcliffe, R.G. "Election '98/Bush leads statewide GOP blitz." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 4, 1998. A1.
• Gonzalez, John W. "Election '98/Perry wins bitter fight with Sharp." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday November 4, 1998. A1.

METRO bond:

• Staff. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2003_3705670

ELECTION 2003 / Metro transit referendum]." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 6, 2003. A29.

Lt. Governor 2002:

• Staff. "Lt. Governor's race." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 14, 2002. A32.

Senate 2002:

• "U.S. Senate race." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 14, 2002. A32.

Governor of Texas 2002:

• Staff. "Governor's race." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 14, 2002. A32.

Houston Mayor 2003:

• Staff. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2003_3705676

ELECTION 2003 / Houston mayor]." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 6, 2003. A29. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:29, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Panhandling

• Moran, Chris. "Houston diners will have 8-foot buffer from panhandlers." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday August 3, 2011.

WhisperToMe (talk) 05:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)