Talk about bad publicity, Shelley Sekula Gibbs is getting it in spades. The Washington Post and Roll Call along with the N.Y. Times and the Houston Chronicle are all reporting on the bad impression she is making in D.C. The Chron said in its editorial "If Sekula-Gibbs hoped to burnish her reputation as a lawmaker in order to run for the seat in 2008, alienating the staff that served the district when DeLay was in office was a very poor strategy. If she runs for the seat again, Houstonians will be reminded that in resigning her council seat only to win fleeting, unflattering national exposure, she cost city taxpayers approximately $1 million to stage a special election to choose her replacement." Of course the Gossips have tried to warn folks about Shelley Sekula (insert all husbands former names) Gibbs. This is the same person who flip flopped on several issue during her various campaigns and was notorious at Houston City Hall for being hard to work with and only interested in her own press for most of her time in office. She is a Doctor who refused to accept Medicare folks in her practice for a period of time. And you can almost hear the medical community talking about her actions in DC and comparing it to her medical practice in Houston, as she is not on many "favorite doctors lists". So, perhaps her actions will assure that some other Republican get the chance to run against Nick Lampson in 2008.

The Gossips imagine that Paul Bettencourt is having a ball complying the press clippings on Mrs. Gibbs. So will some state senators and state representatives who might like to more up to Congress. Robert Talton, Charley Howard and Mike Jackson would be names to consider.