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Waiting for the boys to call in, as no doubt the mood’s shifted at both The Loft at Gilley’s and Tucker on Ross Avenue just a bit. Because, with 427 of 534 precincts reporting, the margin’s grown wider in the pro-hotel faction’s favor: 39,506 (51.28 percent) who voted for the convention center hotel, as opposed to 37,539 (48.72 percent) who cast their lot against. That’s a 1,967-vote margin, if my chisembop is correct.
Proposition 2’s all but dead: 42,404 against to 30,721 for.
As for the council races, a quick recap: With 23 of 26 precincts in, District 1’s a tight race, with Delia Jasso (at 1,063) and Justin Epker (894) likely headed for the run-off there. District 13, where 34 of 35 precincts are in, has gone Ann Margolin by a count of 8,203, as opposed to 6,150 for Brint Ryan. (Apparently, every vote in District 13 was worth … carry the one … divided by 42 … multiplied by pi … $59,948.32 each, give or take. I have the pile of fliers to prove it.) And all the other incumbents are leading — even Carolyn Davis, who has 1,207 votes. Closest to that is Ron Price, who thus far has 856 with 35 of 44 precincts having reported.
