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In 1977 he attended both Texas Southern University and the University of Houston. [1] In 1979 he was elected to the Houston City Council. He served in District I for 16 years; he left due to term limits. [5] As a city council member he arranged the demolitions of various houses that housed criminal activities. [1] His final year of service was ...
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
Sallie Alcorn is an American politician who has held political office as an at-large council member in the City of Houston, Texas since 2020. Alcorn collected 22.8% of the votes in the November 5, 2019 general election, [ 1 ] which triggered a runoff.
Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. [1] Its county seat is Crockett. [2] Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county.
Member of Houston City Council for District I ... 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67) [1] Houston, Texas, U.S ... the first openly gay Latino city councilor in Texas history. [4]
Sue Lovell is a local Houston politician who served on the Houston City Council, holding the at-large position 2 from 2006 to 2012. [1] Lovell was a candidate for Mayor of Houston in 2019. [ 2 ]
This encompasses most of West and parts of Southwest Houston in the Sharpstown area, where incumbent Mark Ellis won his final term as an at-large member of the Houston City Council. January 1, 2004 - METRORail is opened to the public at 1 p.m. CST - this marks the reintroduction of rail service, the city's first since June 1940.
A portion of southwest Houston extends into Fort Bend County and a small portion in the northeast extends into Montgomery County. The city of Houston has a strong mayor–council government. The City's elected officials, serving four-year terms, [1] are: the mayor, the city comptroller and 16 members of the city council. Under the strong mayor ...