Reporter and bicyclist crack on doctor-councilwoman
KHOU-11's Doug Miller and Houston bicyclist Bob Stein team up for a little hit on Councilmember and Congressional candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs tonight:
Shelley Sekula Gibbs is asking voters for their support for a general election write-in campaign and for a special election that would send her to Congress for just a few weeks.
But if voters give her what she wants the City of Houston will have to fill her empty council seat with a special election.
“The cost is not inconsequential, probably around two million dollars.” “So it’s going to cost two million dollars for a special election.” “Yes, it’ll cost two million dollars to fill her unexpired seat. And I don’t believe there will be anything else on the ballot,” said KHOU political analyst Bob Stein.
“Well, these issues are something that are done in the charter. It’s the city charter and really, we don’t have much control over that. It’s just unfortunate, but it’s part of the city charter,” said Sekula Gibbs.
It does seem like a somewhat selfish move that may cost the city quite a bit of money and is likely to be temporary at best (since the doctor-councilwoman has little chance of winning the regular election as a write-in candidate), but that is what is spelled out in the city charter.
Miller tosses out some fun gossip as to who might run if doctor-councilwoman leaves Council early:
Among the candidates talked about on the political grapevine are former state reps Melissa Noriega and Diana Davila-Martinez, former council candidate Jay Aiyer, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce head Richard Torres, a councilmember’s wife, Nandy Berry and district councilmember M.J. Khan, who could run for a citywide seat and build a citywide political base.
Aiyer would seem well positioned to make the run, if the seat does open up. Berry is certainly an interesting name.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/06/06 11:02 PM | Print |
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