Howe did something most "minor candidates" for City Council don't do: He made sense. Unlike the hordes who run for office in Austin for the wrong reasons, Howe distinguished himself by making sensible and specific proposals regarding neighborhood participation in council business, light rail, and limiting the length of council meetings. He forced attentive and responsible voters to take him seriously, which was no mean trick running against three high-profile candidates and thousands of dollars of campaign cash in Place 5. We congratulate him for showing us that average guys can be credible leaders.
