Citizen’s communications today brought a bit of disheartening news: it sounded like perennial local candidate and homeless advocate Jennifer Gale announced she was moving to Dallas to run for mayor. With the Dem wave washing over Big D, hopefully her political fortunes will rise faster there. Probably not, but you never know. Hopefully she’ll keep us apprised on her campaign Web site.
Here’s another interesting bit of Galeanalia, from the world’s most accurate encyclopedia (so take it with a grain of salt): In 2004, Leslie Cochran challenged Gale “to a debate at the University of Texas student union on the topic of who should best represent the homeless. Gale declined to participate unless given $50 of food from the Wendy’s restaurant inside the union. The event organizers declined.”
UPDATE: A reliable source emails that Gale moved here from the Big D, and has made her mayoral intentions known there before. It still doesn’t make it any easier…
This article appears in December 1 • 2006.