Two Minor Stories that explain why I love Texas Politics

MySA.com: AP Wire: "_ In Dallas, Monica Barros-Greene, the transsexual owner of a popular Mexican restaurant, will face Pauline Medrano in a runoff for city council. Medrano pulled 45 percent of the vote, compared with Barros-Greene's 38 percent. On the campaign trail, the well-known businesswoman has downplayed her male-to-female sex change in the mid-1990s.

_ In Hedwig Village, former Mayor Sue Speck won with 231 votes, compared with 129 votes for her deceased opponent, Mayor Dee Srinivasan, who died from heart disease last month."