Texas: Morales

This has the makings of a great party. Lots of excitement. Just announced at the blogger table Annise 29.2 Locke 27.4 Brown 25.1 and Morales 17.25. Staff is very excited. Beer is not free. Crowd just got a glimpse of the results. Everyone is happy. So far.....

Morales. The biker vote must have come out because no one predicted 17% of the vote. This should be exciting. State Representative Jessica Farrar just walked into the room make the rounds.

More later.

Outgoing Mayor, Bill White, laid the law on the candidates for Mayor about new spending in 2010. From the Houston Chronicle:
“Texas has not come out of the recession, and sales tax receipts are dropping,” White wrote in a post on his Facebook page Tuesday. “Be sure not to vote for our next mayor based on commitments of more spending in the next two years.”
Candidates Locke, Parker, and Brown make good arguments on how they would not spend any new money since no new money will be coming it. Locke will leave his promise of a Hispanic Museum to private donors to build.

Good crowd. All the candidates are here, as well as Roy Morales. City Councilman James Rodriguez has opened the event. Minerva Perez, former journalist for KTRK is the moderator.

Opening statements:

Roy Morales
Wow. Morales is not bilingual! That is a shock. Didn't expect the other candidates to be, but was surprised to hear Morales was not. Well, no wonder he doesn't like immigrants! Morales starts his opening statement. He was a decorated veteran.

Annise Parker
Native Houstonian. Passion is with quality of life issues. Created the rainy day fund which helped Ike recovery. Number one issue is the economy.

Peter Brown
Native Houstonian. Future of the city and Hispanic community go hand in hand.