2019 Houston, TX Mayor

[Indy Texas]

Bill King is an independent

They're all technically independents due to the nonpartisan nature of Houston municipal elections.

But it's generally accepted that Sylvester Turner is a Democrat, having served as one in the State House of Representatives.

Tony Buzbee is a wealthy trial lawyer with close ties to the Republican Party (he was an ally of Rick Perry during his governorship) and conservative views.

Bill King has always positioned himself as a moderate Republican in previous races.

[Indy Texas]

I don't live in the Houston city limits, but I think Turner is being unfairly blamed for something that ultimately lays at the feet of the firefighters' union and of the low-information voters who reflexively vote to give anything and everything to "our brave men in uniform" regardless of cost.

There was a time, in the era of kerosene lamps and candles and before fire retardant fabrics and building materials, when firefighters actually spent most of their time fighting the fires that were an extremely frequent occurrence.

Nowadays, firefighters spend most of their time sitting around the fire station waiting to see if something happens. It was completely unfair and dishonest for them to demand the same pay increases police were getting when the nature of the work and the job duties is so different.