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"I realize that I'm a role model, but I've been a role model for my community for 30 years. It's part of who I am, and I believe it makes me a better representative for the city of Houston." - At a press conference the day after her...
Houston voters made history in December, electing the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. Annise Parker, 53, takes the oath of office on Jan. 1 to lead the nation's fourth largest metropolis, with some 2.2 million residents. Currently Houston's city controller, Parker has been open...
• Campaigned on her experience and financial acumen, declining to stress her pioneering candidacy. After her election, she joked that she was "very proud to have been elected the first ... graduate of Rice University to be mayor of Houston."
"[Parker's sexuality] was a factor, but not enough of a factor to stop her. We are talking about a candidate who has been in public life for 12 years. Everyone knows her. You had an entire race where no one ever questioned whether she was good at her job...
Last September, when French authorities sent riot police to raze "the Jungle," a makeshift camp near Calais, they made sure plenty of international media were on hand. By closing the camp and dispersing its population of clandestine aliens who were awaiting a chance to sneak across the Channel to Britain...