I voted. I know that by looking at the sticker a poll worker applied to my shirt pocket. At least the "sticker" (heh) reminds me when its low-bid not-very-sticky stuff doesn't send it straight to the floor again. Must have been a "brother-in-law contract" for the stickers, as my late father used to say.
And never forget what I used to say was the slogan behind this city seal: "
Houston — come here to be railroaded! (Or get plowed.)"
If by chance you haven't voted yet, and you live in Houston,
here's an alert...
You know, without a doubt about the
HERO (Houston Equal Rights Ordinance),
City of Houston Proposition 1, which has already passed City Council and (if I understand correctly) is on the ballot because some cranky judge ruled that it had to be approved directly by city voters. Please vote
FOR it.
But I'll bet you don't know about
City of Houston Proposition 2: it would impose
term limits on all city elected officials, both duration (maximum 4 years) and number of terms (maximum 2). I urge you to vote
AGAINST it. If you're voting,
you already have a powerful term-limiting document in your pocket which gives you
the power to decide whom to re-elect and whom to term-limit. This proposition
would wrest that power from your grasp and automate the process;
that's about as antidemocratic (small-'d') as it gets. I do not know which political slimeballs a) are convinced they cannot get elected often enough without this change to the city charter, or b) fail to see that forcing the electorate to shake up the whole slate of government officials and replace them with a bunch of newcomers every few years is a terrible idea, but as we lack the authorization to boil the slimeballs in oil (and besides,
gulab jamun are much tastier), I suggest you vote
AGAINST City of Houston Proposition 2.
See
harrisvotes.org to find your early voting polling place and an early voting schedule. Or vote on Election Day, Nov. 3, at your regular polling place (
NOT typically one of the early voting locations!). Final reminder:
bring your !@#$%^& photo ID! Republicans did this to you, but you can't vote without it, so bring a Texas DL with your current address on it.
(I surely do miss the helpful election website that Scott Hochberg used to put up before he retired from running for office; we all have to compensate the best we can for that loss... of the site and of Rep. Hochberg, who was the Rep. you longed for if you supported responsive representative government. Thanks, Scott, for your years of service!
