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Houston is home today to too many different kinds of people, with too many different sets of values and interests, for any one group to control elections so easily. [11] Whitmire was the first mayor to appoint an African American, Lee P. Brown, as Houston's police chief. Brown had previously served as Commissioner of Public Safety, in Atlanta ...
The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved ...
Born in 1959 in Houston, Ogg attended the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law Houston, graduating with her BA in journalism in 1981 and her JD in 1986 respectively. [3] [4] She is the daughter of Texas legislator and Democrat Jack Ogg, and philanthropist Connie Harner Ogg. [3]
In 1936, Warren and Wetmore designed a three bay addition to the east (San Jacinto Street) façade, designed in a slightly less elaborate style. [4] 1959 addition at left; 1915 building at right. In 1959 an additional a ten-by-eight bay, sixteen story addition designed by Kenneth Franzheim was added to the west elevation of the original ...
Image credits: Michael Buckner / Getty #3 Scott Disick. Boxes of Mounjaro, which is known for its weight loss effects, were found stacked in Scott Disick’s fridge on a past episode of The ...
A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that ...
Lanier was a founding member of Houston Community College, which he continued to support until the end of his life. Mayor Lanier also headed the corporation that oversaw construction of the city's new Hilton Americas – Houston, the city’s first convention center hotel – a project that started during his administration.
Kathy Najimy and Bette Midler celebrated Najimy’s 68th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 5, where Midler joined Najimy for a pre-birthday celebration dinner at Michael's NYC.