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• For the Holiday Season, check out Texas Watchdog’s top 10 most-read stories of 2009

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 491
  We’re slowing things down a bit for the Christmas holiday at Texas Watchdog while our team is visiting family and in general making various sorts of merry. We’ll be back full-force after New Year’s Day.We’ve got some exciting things planned for the new year, including expanding Texas Watchdog’s presence in ...
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• Post-election Dynamo Stadium update

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  So where do we stand with Dynamo Stadium now that the Mayoral election is over? Pretty much where we were before it, actually. Of the MLS teams pushing for a stadium, the Dynamo appear closest to the goal. Team ownership hopes to strike a deal with the city of Houston and Harris County for a 22,000-seat, $80 ...
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• What Was Your Favorite Lesbian Mom Celebrity News in 2009?

  
  Mombian — Authority: 130
  Let’s keep it light this week: View Poll
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• Annise Parker Knows The Stone The Builders Rejected Will Be The Cornerstone—How Will She Lead Houston?

  
  Texas Liberal — Authority: 571
  The Houston Chronicle recently ran an excellent profile on Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker. Here is the link to that profile. From the Chronicle story— “She loved sports and tagged along with her father when he refereed boxing matches and high-school football games around Houston. She also loved her ...
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• Here come the gay tourists

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  The election of Annise Parker as Mayor has put Houston on the map as a travel destination for gay groups. Houston historically has not been a popular destination for gay and lesbian travelers, according to U.S. Travel Association data. Last month, independent of mayoral politics, the visitors bureau launched an ...
  3 days ago

• Houston visitor’s bureau plans LGBT tourism campaign

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 534
  The Houston Visitor’s Bureau is planning to cash in on Annise Parker’s election victory and promote the city as an LGBT travel destination. Houston skyline, from the visitor’s bureau’s new Web site Houston is actually behind the curve on this one. The Dallas Visitor and Convention Bureau has been ...
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• Parker’s police plan in practice

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  I think we’re all reasonably familiar with the basics of Mayor-Elect Parker’s plan for the police force , which includes more and better coordination between the various local law enforcement agencies. This story , which perhaps ought to have been run before the election, analyzes some of the practicalities of ...
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• The Fucking News 11

  
  Lone Wolfs Den — Authority: 123
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• What’s He Talking About?

  
  Queer Visalia — Authority: 128
  So earlier this week I posted about the election of Annise Parker as mayor of Houston, Texas. Not a particularly remarkable story outside of the fact that she’s an openly lesbian woman who is now leader of the fourth largest city in the country in one of the most conservative states. Right wingers tried to make ...
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• Will The South Rise Up … As an Epicenter of LGBT Political Power?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 693
  Jared Polis: Colorado. Tammy Baldwin: Wisconsin. Barney Frank: Massachusetts. (*Cough* Barack Obama *Cough*: Illinois.) If Americas most well-known openly gay elected officials (and our "allies") all hail from above the Mason-Dixon line, how is it that LGBT political power is raising so fast in the … South? ...
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• The transition team

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Meet the team that will help Mayor-Elect Annise Parker get the ball rolling . State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, one of the only area political heavyweights to endorse Parker, will lead efforts on intergovernmental relations. Coleman also has been involved in community housing issues in some of the city’s tax ...
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• Search for the Chief

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  More speculation about who will replace Harold Hurtt as HPD chief. Gary Blankinship, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, and other officers said they’ve heard Timothy N. Oettmeier, 57, Vicki L. King, 48, and Kirk A. Munden, 49, all assistant chiefs, mentioned as possible candidates to replace ...
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• LISTEN: Obama Voicemail to Americas 1st Lesbian Mayor

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 137
  
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• Lesbian becomes mayor of Houston

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 145
  Annise Parker won the election to mayor of Houston after opponents attacked her sexuality . Read more….
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• HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL BUSY AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE YEAR!

  
  ISIAH CAREY'S 'INSITE' — Authority: 139
  
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• THE RUMORS ARE FLYING ABOUT PARKERS FUTURE ADMINISTRATION!

  
  ISIAH CAREY'S 'INSITE' — Authority: 139
  DONT TAKE ANY OF THIS TO THE BANK - ITS JUST HEARSAY FROM PEOPLE AT CITY HALL! Only days after her victory at the polls Mayor Elect Annise Parker plans to announce her transition team. According to a press release the new appointees will be unveiled Thursday at an 11 am press conference in the Controllers ...
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• Lesbian becomes mayor of Houston

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 145
  Annise Parker won the election to mayor of Houston after opponents attacked her sexuality . Read more….
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• Lessons for United Methodists Mayor-elect from Annise Parker and Strom Thurmond

  
  Reconciling Ministries Network — Authority: 115
  by Rev. Gil Caldwell I am asked so frequently, "Gil, why are you such an active advocate for the rights of LGBT persons and same-gender couples in the church and state?" that I will repeat here my response. "I am a 76 year old man. I was born in North Carolina and grew up in Texas. I have seen and experienced ...
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• On Saturday Houston elected a new mayor, bodes well for Democrats in Texas

  
  Eye on Williamson — Authority: 134
  Last Saturday in Houston elected a new mayor Annise Parker .  It’s a big deal for several reasons.  First she is the first lesbian to be elected Mayor of a major US city.  Kuff has a wrap of how many from around the country and state are viewing her election . But there are a couple of other reasons why this ...
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• Quote of the Day

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 508
  "I promise to give to citizens an administration of honesty, integrity and transparency. The only special interest will be the public. We are in this together. We rise or fall togethe r." - openly gay Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker
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