Parker reportedly to endorse Turner. Mike Morris, Chron.com
"I'm assuming that I'll have an opportunity to sit down with the two candidates who are remaining and see whether I want to engage —whether they'll be interested in having me engage. Despite what the anti-HERO campaign seems to think, my personal polling continues to trend pretty high, but it's question of whether either campaign thinks an endorsement from me would help them out."
It's notable that Parker is, presumably, basing her high-personal approval numbers on the same flawed polling that showed HER Ordinance winning. Which brings into question just how popular of a Mayor she still is after her angry tirades against the dupes and rubes that voted.
What Houston Mayoral Candidate Have to Say about bringing back HER Ordinance. Florian Martin, Houston Public Media
King has been criticized for not taking a clear stance on HERO but he has said he didn’t like the ordinance as written. He now says he is concerned about the message HERO’s repeal sent about Houston.
“I think we need some time to heal the bruised feelings on both sides,” King said. “But I absolutely intend to call all the stakeholders together at some point in time and begin a discussion about how do we best go about demonstrating to the rest of the world the kind of city Houston really is.”
Sylvester Turner has supported the equal rights ordinance throughout his campaign. But he sounds less inclined to bring it back — even a modified version — saying the voters have spoken.
“This is a democratic process,” Turner said. “The people voted on Nov. 3, and I think it’s important now to deal with a whole host of issues that are important to every Houstonian.”
The thought was that King would not bring back Parker's Folly and Turner would. Either Turner is realizing HER Ordinance is political leprosy or he's just playing some sleight-of-hand to try and quell the anti-HER Ordinance forces in the run-up to the run-off.
As for King, he's going back to being the wishy-washy candidate again which, in my mind, is troubling and provides his detractors with even more ammunition to use against him. That being said, I've called for what he is proposing so I'm not critical of that tack.
Chris Brown touts his endorsements.
Endorsed by Houston Controllers@RonaldCGreen@AnniseParker@SenatorSylvia George Greanias & Kathy Whitmire
I'm not sure that being endorsed by (in order) three of the people who allowed the city to fall into the financial mess it's in, a man who was surfing child porn sites while on the clock and a former Mayor, outside of the public eye, who has lived in Hawaii for the last several years (and who hasn't paid any attention to Houston issues by all appearances) is something I would want to shout from the rooftops.
Here come the TV ads. Chron.com
Interesting that the original Chron banner headline trumpeted that "King is gong negative" when, in reality, both campaigns are going mildly negative toward one another, but nothing that seems out of bounds. Just another case of a Chronicle headline not matching the story behind it. This is a problem for the paper because a LOT of people just peruse headlines and don't read the story itself. It's a way of stealth editorializing or framing the story while still being able to throw up your hands and claim independence.
Of course, we know the Chronicle is anything but independent.
Don't worry, this will all be over soon. Then we can go back to wondering why in the world professional sports in Houston (other than the Astros) is so horrible right now.
