Sue Lovell

Harris County & Oak Forest Democrats Back Sue Lovell

Houston Vice Mayor Pro Tem Sue Lovell won two endorsements from Democratic organizations this week in her campaign for re-election to Houston City Council At-Large Position 2.

Thursday night, the Harris County Democrats endorsed Lovell in a landslide vote at a packed meeting.

“Thank you Harris County Democrats!” said Lovell. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have the support of my home club - I can’t imagine running a campaign without the Harris County Democrats on my team.”

Lovell was also endorsed by the Oak Forest Democrats Wednesday night. “I am honored by this endorsement,” Lovell said. “And it is very exciting to see neighbors organizing to improve this great city.”

Sue Lovell is completing her second term as Houston’s City Council Member At-Large, Position 2. She also serves as Vice Mayor Pro Tem – a position to which her colleagues on the City Council elected her unanimously – and chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, and Aviation Committee and Quality of Life Committee. Lovell worked closely with Mayor Bill White to pass the city’s budget that preserved vital services without raising taxes and added more police officers to the force.

Quality of Life and Historic Preservation

Please join hosts

Minnette Boesel • Bill Hill • Bob Nicholas

Paula Arnold • Sharie Beale • Nancy Beren • Chuck Carlberg • Betty Chapman
Tim Cisneros • Dr. John Codwell • Anne Culver • Deborah Fiorito • Charles Foster
Mary Margaret Hansen • Leif Hatlan • Jackson Hicks • Ron Kahanek • James Lagare
Chris Lindsay • Katherine Lord • Grant Martin • Anne Olson • Steven Reilley
Tracy Schulz • Barry Silverman • Carlton Smith • Gerald Smith
Patrick Scott Van Pelt • Robert Weinberger • Welcome Wilson, Sr. • Ed Wulfe
Claude Wynn

Charles Krenzler & Associates • Friends of Bill White
Houston Council of Engineering Companies • Sterling Structures LP
& Texas Travel & Leisure

at the

Heritage Society Tea Room at Sam Houston Park

for a fund-raising reception to honor Chair of the
Quality of Life Committee & Historic Preservation Subcommittee

Sue Lovell
Vice Mayor Pro Tem & Houston City Council Member

Thursday, June 18, 2009
5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
1100 Bagby Street Houston Texas, 77002
(Click for map.)

Donation Levels
Supporter $250 • Friend $500 • Patron $1,000 • Sponsor $2,500
Underwriter $5,000 • Co-Chair (PACs only) $10,000

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RSVP
Please contact Ken Stewart at (713) 935-6050 or finance@suelovell.com.


Checks payable to "Sue Lovell Campaign" may be mailed to:

Sue Lovell Campaign
P.O. Box 667595
Houston, TX 77266

or click here to contribute online to Sue's campaign.

Political advertising paid for by Sue Lovell Campaign.
Personal and PAC contributions accepted. Corporate contributions cannot be accepted.
Donations to the Sue Lovell Campaign are not deductible for federal income-tax purposes.

**************************
I have not been paid to enter this e-mail message into my personal blog. Rather, this is an exercise of my freedom to express my political views.

Sue Lovell At-large Position 2

This is taken from Sue Lovell's website.

Sue Lovell moved to Houston in 1970 from Fresno, California with 3 suitcases, $35 and two good friends. She was 19 years old.

In the 39 years since, Sue has raised a family, owned a small business, started and led nonprofit organizations, worked in the corporate world and been a leader in politics.

Harvey Milk

I saw the movie with my partner at the River Oaks Landmark Cinema at a public group-viewing organized by the Houston Young Stonewall Democrats. Sue Lovell, Houston City Council Member, was there, as promised in the invitation e-mailed by Kris Banks.

I would like to think Harvey Milk was there, also. Even if it would only be the spirit of Harvey; or the idea.

I had champaign with my partner in the cafe upstairs before watching the movie. We wore leather. The grand theatre is an historic landmark, and looks it. We went downstairs and watched history unfold, literally. The movie takes place in a setting that preserves some of the grandeur of history, the city of San Francisco.

San Francisco is a beautiful city for many reasons, not least of which is the tradition of tolerance and respect for people who are different; specifically the Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Trans community. As "Milk" documents, a tradition doesn't just spring forth. It is built.

At least, that's what I observed in the movie.

Harvey was not exactly a young idealist when he first decided to run for office. But there was an ideal, just then same. He had to run several times and kept losing until that final election.

Although it wasn't documented in the movie, I am sure his campaigning skills improved along the way. You can't persist without learning a few lessons. Something comes with practice.

Harvey hired a campaign manager who recognized the value of endorsements. There was a redistricting. The voices of the Haight and Castro district voters where heard.

Harvey Milk catapulted himself to power with a lot of help from a lot of friends. There was a shared vision brought to actuality after a lot of effort and setbacks. There was the difference he made.

Relationships were strained to the point of breaking, before and after the elections. There was finality; the kind brought about by death, and the kind brought about by distance. Murder, suicide, assassinations; these can be components of the underbelly of the quest for power, especially when combined with profound human failings. But as our nation's founders knew all too well, the consequences of powerlessness are always tragic.

"Milk" is a film to see for anyone who strives to change society, even just a little. It is an especially good movie for people who passively wait for society to improve on its own, like waiting for dinner to arrange itself. I want to see that, finally.

Perhaps it will inspire an end to that pesky passivity. If you think your vote doesn't matter, see this movie.

"Milk" may, indeed, make progress towards converting those who do not believe in democracy. But, it does so much for those who already do I hardly think it matters. Traditions endure.

Today we can watch a movie like "Milk" and take for granted that the level of police brutality that took place in the 70s will not recur. Whether it is in San Francisco or Houston, our happy state of affairs did not just happen. To take a line from another great movie: "Great performances don't just happen." Indeed, you know it. It all takes planning. "Everything fell into place." as Harvey says at one point in "Milk." Do things just arrange themselves, reader?

Not to mention all the hard work. There is a reason Houston isn't a swamp anymore. Or, it won't necessarily be one forever. It all depends on your perspective, or, the idea of it; if I can be an idealist.

Harvey Milk