For the past year, wealthy attorney and former Kemah Mayor Bill King has been anything but coy about the fact that he planned to run for Houston's top job next year, when term limits bar Mayor Bill White from seeking a fourth term. King's plan: To position himself as the center-right business leader in a field expected to include Houston Controller and former Councilwoman Annise Parker and current Councilman Peter Brown, an architect pushing "new urbanism" development policies. Brown has been presenting himself as a problem solver, heading a task force on hurricane evacuation and publishing essays proposing new directions...