“Primarily, at this point, we really need to be up on TV. You’ve got to raise the same amount of money in one-tenth of the time.”
Openly gay City Councilman Ed Oakley, on the keys to winning his mayoral runoff against Tom Leppert on June 16
“This is someone who’s a Republican who wants to run for mayor in a Democratic city. People are saying don’t make this a partisan thing, but I’m sorry.”
Jesse Garcia, president, Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, on mayoral candidate Tom Leppert
“I think the turnout could have been better. The GLBT community has a
history of being active and vocal, and I think the percentages from them
in this election were just dismal.”
District 3 City Council Candidate Joseph Hernandez, on the estimated 16 percent LGBT voter turnout in the May 12 election
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition May 18, 2007