1990 saw the opening of Houston Intercontinental Airport's new 12-gate Mickey Leland International Airlines terminal, named after the recently deceased
Houston congressman. In 1991 Sakowitz stores shut down; the Sakowitz brothers had brought
their original store from Galveston to Houston
in 1911. August
10, 1991 saw a redrawing of districts for city council, so that minority
groups could be better represented in the city council. 1993 saw the G8 visiting to discuss world issues, and zoning was defeated for a third time by voters in November. The master-planned
community of Kingwood was forcibly annexed in 1996, angering many of its residents. Rod
Paige became superintendent of Houston
Independent School District in 1994; during his seven-year tenure the district became very
well known for high test scores, and in 2001 Paige was asked to become Secretary
of Education for the new George
W. Bush administration. Lee
P. Brown, Houston's first African-American mayor, was elected
in 1997.
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