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August 24, 2005
Henry's Still Got It
Last night, over 200 Houstonians packed the Peter Brown for City Council campaign office on Main Street, to officially open the headquarters and get the campaign season started. (The election is November 8th. Disclosure: Houtopia is working for the Brown campaign.)
The star of the evening was former San Antonio mayor and HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, who was in town for an urban development conference and to support his friend Peter Brown.
Seeing him up close and personal again, it is obvious why Cisneros is a once and (we hope) future political luminary. Tall, handsome, passionate, funny and knowledgeable, he is that most rare blend of style and substance in politics.
The GOP viciously took Cisneros down in the 1990s over a personal matter, clearly because he terrified them. A natural, charismatic, Latino Democratic leader from Texas was a real political threat, and America is poorer for having been without his public service these last ten or so years.
It's time for a comeback.
Posted by houtopia at August 24, 2005 07:48 AM