1.   Adding some razzle-dazzle to the cityhood movement, Hollywood secessionists launched their petition effort Tuesday, and honorary mayor Johnny Grant was the first resident to sign.

2.   Last year, Gingrich was humiliated by the success of a similar petition effort.

3.   Less successful in their petition efforts this year were the Reform Party of Texas and the Constitution Party of Texas.

4.   Such a petition effort rarely succeeds because supporting one is viewed as an act of disloyalty to the majority party.

5.   Under the rules, candidates must mount separate petition efforts in each district, and can appear in some and not others.

6.   Wilson and the other leader of the petition effort, Ward Connerly, a Sacramento businessman, anticipated that line of argument on Wednesday.