Houston Mayor Turner directs city to explore legal options for canceling in-person GOP convention

[Gothmog]

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As the Republican Party of Texas moves forward with plans for an in-person convention next week, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday he has directed his administration to explore ways to cancel the event.

The gathering, set to happen July 16-18, is expected to draw roughly 6,000 attendees to the George R. Brown Convention Center as Harris County continues to be the state's biggest hot spot for the new coronavirus. Party leaders announced Tuesday that elected officials are moving their in-person speeches to videos that will be played for attendees at the convention.

Turner said during a virtual City Council meeting that he has asked the city's legal department to work with the Houston First Corporation, which operates the convention center to review the contract with the state party.

"Where there are provisions that would allow us to cancel this convention — we will exercise those provisions," Turner said. "And the plan is to exercise those provisions to cancel this agreement, this contract, today — to not go forward with this convention."

[TreasonousBastard]

1. 6,000 party members, but the party leaders are afraid to show up...

This is becoming a very bad movie.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. K & R

[Mersky]

3. Good grief, I bet they can find an out

Call it a force majure and wash the city’s hands of it all.

Spreading disease out of political spite by unmasked zombies at the height of Houston’s pandemic crisis could not have been foreseen when the contract was signed.

[Gothmog]

4. Cancelled

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[Mersky]

5. Whew. Good.

Was the last thing Houston needed right now.