There are several good, comprehensive roundups of yesterday’s elections posted on local blogs, but this post from Bayou City Madman made one particularly interesting point:
On Tuesday, Houston, or at least a slim representative sample speaking on behalf of a couple million folks, said No to lying carpetbaggers running for the only open at-large seat on city council.
Liberal Republican former school board member Jack Christie, a resident of Bunker Hill, scored 4th despite spending over 70k trying to convince Houston voters that he gave a crap about the city. We didn’t like Christie when he was on the State Board of Education pushing a ludicrous vendor-driven scheme to replace textbooks with laptops, and we hope this latest failure represents the end of his public career.
The greater pleasure was in seeing gas station owner and Fort Bend County Democratic Party officer Zaf Tahir spend close to $200,000 trying to convince Houston voters that he lives in Houston, only to finish 5th.
It’s hard to say if the questionable residency status of Tahir and Christie played a role in their losses (maybe voters just thought they were bad candidates in general), but we second the Madman’s conclusion: “Kudos (whatever those are) to the Chron for exposing the attempted fraud in this race.” At least Houston voters had that information as they decided whom to support.
PREVIOUSLY: Council candidates follow the lead of Harold “Arizona” Hurtt.
