Politics of houston news newspapers books scholar jstor february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message. Annise danette parker born may 17, 1956 is an american politician who served as the 61st mayor of houston, texas, from 2010 until 2016. Bostons mayoral elections are nonpartisan as are all municipal elections in boston, and elect a mayor to a fouryear term. Did voters know they were approving extended term limits in. Beginning with the tenure of bob lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms six years total. Term limits, published in 1997, is the first political thriller novel by vince flynn. At issue in the suit was proposition 2, a ballot measure that changed houstons charter to limit elected officials to two fouryear terms instead of. A term is four years and someone can be elected as many times as the people choose. Before seeking his first and only elective office as houston s mayor in 1991, he was a gubernatorial appointee to the texas highway commission, which he chaired, and chairman of metro, houston. Lee brown, the former three term houston mayor, has been elected chairman of unity national bank six months after becoming an investor in what officials call the citys only africanamericanowned. Popular exmayor banks on new career houston business.
List of mayors of houston the reader wiki, reader view. Houstonians on tuesday easily approved city proposition 2, changing houston s 24yearold system of term limits to allow officeholders to serve a maximum of eight years, up from six years. Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837. Appeals court upholds houston term limits law houston chronicle. Due to term limits, he was unable to run again for mayor of houston.
This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of houston in the u. Your library card allows you to borrow books, ebooks, e. But that information was not in the ballot language. On october 16, 2009, the city of bridge city, texas honored bill white with a ceremony and commemorative plaque for his leadership during and after hurricane ike and his work to repair the damage caused by the storm.
Term limits with the city of houston are absolute past elected officeholders. The bob lanier public works building in houston is named after him. She also served as an atlarge member of the houston city council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2010 parker was houston s second female mayor after kathy whitmire, and one of the first openly gay mayors of a major u. In fact, it didnt even mention that it would actually extend term limits.
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