The City of Houston elections are over and the Gossips say the GOP's right wing once again came up empty. Steve Hotze and Ed Hendee decided to get involved in the city races and once again their stand was used against their candidates. Won't they ever learn? First Hendee( a right wing radio talk show host)decided to attack Sue Lovell on the gay issue. Hendee said on his radio show that Sue is pushing the "gay agenda" and that he is "supporting" Jay Aiyer because "Jay has promised to help us with the conservative fiscal responsibility on City Council." Then some "Conservative Republicans and Steve Hotze sent out a mailer on behalf of George Hittner against Ann Clutterbuck. The mailing sent by Hotze and the Conservative Republicans lists the HGLBTPC PAC (a gay political action group) endorsement and Anne's support of same-sex benefits for city employees in a negative manner. The Gossips heard from several voters that they were voting for Hittner prior to getting the mailing and changed their minds. Come on folks just read the most recent Rice poll on Houstonians and their positive attitude on gays and you might just learn that such attacks usually backfire.

And of course most of the women won on Saturday. The only exception was in District B where the voters decided that one Galloway was enough. And have you wondered just how Sue Lovell won? Here are some of her endorsements: African Coalition PAC Black Dems,Campaign Corps (a project of EMILY's List),Communications Workers of America Local 6222,Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund,Greater Houston Restaurant Association,Harris County AFL-CIO Council,Harris County Democrats,Harris County Tejano Democrats,Harris County Women's Political Caucus,Harris County Young Democrats,Houston Association of Realtors Houston Federation of Teachers,Houston GLBT Political Caucus PAC,Houston Police Patrolmen's Union,Pakistan American Council of Texas PAC,Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Texas,Sheet Metal Workers Local 54,Sierra Club South Asian Democrats,Congress Member Al Green,Congress Member Sheila Jackson Lee,Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia,State Rep. Garnet Coleman,State Rep. Jessica Farrar,State Rep. Rick Noriega,State Rep. (Acting) Melissa Noriega State Rep. Dora Olivo,State Rep. Senfronia Thompson,State Rep. Sylvester Turner,Houston City Controller Annise Parker Houston City Council Member Ada Edwards,Houston City Council Member Adrian Garcia and Constable Ruben Davis

Former Congress Member Ken Bentsen Former Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz Former Harris County Commissioner Elizabeth Ghrist Former Harris County Treasurer Katy Caldwell Former Houston City Council Member Eleanor Tinsley Former State Rep. Frances "Sissy" Farenthold Former HISD Trustee Esther Campos Former HISD Trustee Melody Ellis Former HISD Trustee Cathy Mincberg

And the most important reason that Sue won? Beside her hard work the Gossips think it is because Sue had Grant Martin working on her campaign all the way from San Francisco. Martin,a former Houstonian, is a first class political consultant.