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Annise Parker (born May 17, 1956, Houston, Texas) is a Houston-area politician currently holding office as the Controller of the City of Houston. Previously, she served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council since 1997 although term limits ended her time on council and she decided to run for controller in 2003. She ran unopposed in 2005 and 2007; as of November 6, 2007, she is headed into her final term. is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
The Houston City Council is the a city council for the city of Houston, Texas. ...
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Parker ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 1991 (for District C) and 1995 (finishing third in the special election for At-Large position 4, the seat vacated by Sheila Jackson Lee after her election to Congress). In 1997, she prevailed in the runoff election for At-Large position 1 to become Houston's first openly gay or lesbian elected official. She was re-elected twice to the same seat in 1999 and 2001 without being forced to a run-off. [1] Sheila Jackson Lee Sheila Jackson Lee (born January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. ...
Prior to serving as an elected official, she was a co-owner of Inklings Bookshop (with business partner Pokey Anderson) during the late 1980s - 1997. She also served as president of the Neartown Civic Association between 1995-1997. At the same time, Parker, along with Ray Hill, Sue Lovell, and Eugene Harrington, were involved with the GPC (Gay Political Caucus, which is known today as the Houston GLBT Political Caucus since April 2005), becoming its second woman president (her predecessor, Sue Lovell, an incumbent delegate to the Democratic National Committee and current at-large Houston City Councilmember since January 2006, was the first). She is also a certified CPA, starting with Mosbacher Energy in the early 1980s. Vintage shops along Westheimer Road—the main, and busiest, artery that traverses through Neartown Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the citys major cultural areas. ...
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For other meanings of CPA see CPA (disambiguation) Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are accounting professionals of the United States who have passed the Uniform CPA exam, which was developed and is maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and have subsequently met additional state requirements for licensure...
Parker and her life partner, Kathy Hubbard, have been together for 16 years. They have two adopted children.
Future
Parker will be a candidate for re-election in 2007. There are some in Houston's GLBT community who consider her as a possible future mayoral candidate in 2009.
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