Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
The Kingwood Service Association pier at the River Grove Park Boat Launch has reached the end of its service life and is being replaced. The pier, which had grown old, sustained damage during recent floods. The planks had so much give in them, that I often wondered if they would hold me. It’s Finally Time […]
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Read MoreOne of the most popular natural attractions in the north Houston area is the Spring Creek Greenway. But between mile marker 8 and 8.5, a large new development called Breckenridge East has cut across the trail, leaving a massive scar through the forest to accommodate its drainage. Nature Interrupted Since 1979, Harris County Precinct 4 […]
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Read MoreTake Northpark Drive all the way west to where it ends at FM1314 and you will run into a 279-acre tract that the Houston Planning Commission will consider at its November 18th meeting. Sand mining has already destroyed most of the 279 acres. Now a developer wants to fill in the wetlands and build homes […]
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Read MoreLast week, I started getting barraged by emails from stunned Lakewood Cove residents waking up to the sound of bulldozers and chainsaws. Someone was cutting down 22 acres of trees between them and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks that parallel Loop 494 – for an RV park – without any public notice. I went to […]
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Read MoreIn a straight party-line vote, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and and Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia approved a modified version of a plan presented weeks ago by Ellis. It contained an even bigger surprise than in Ellis’ original plan. The Old Switcheroo The plan approved today creates two safe, […]
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Read MoreHigbie Ventures LP, a development company headquartered at 3733 Westheimer, has purchased more than 20 acres immediately north of Harris County Precinct 4’s new Edgewater Park at US59 and the San Jacinto West Fork. Higbie has started clearing land for a recreational vehicle park that would hold 182 RVs. The land sits between the Union […]
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Read MoreDuring a spirited, but cordial debate that lasted almost two hours, Harris County Commissioners Court decided NOT to divert $191 million designated for Cedar Bayou in the flood bond. The deciding factor: previous promises not to cancel projects made by Lina Hidalgo and, you guessed it, Adrian Garcia himself. Commissioners also recognized a need to […]
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Read MoreAfter 100 people objected to Commissioner Rodney Ellis redistricting plan at last Thursday’s Commissioner’s Court, the following day he placed item #336 on the Emergency Agenda for this Tuesday’s meeting. The item says, “Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 1 to receive public input regarding Harris County Commissioners Court redistricting plans, and consider and possibly […]
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Read MorePrecinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia is trying to move $191 million designated for Cedar Bayou in the flood bond, but has not yet said where. Commissioners will vote on the measure Tuesday before they hold another special redistricting meeting on Thursday. My guess is that Garcia will try to move the money within the boundaries […]
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Read MoreAt a special redistricting meeting that lasted four and a half hours Thursday night, approximately 100 people spoke out against Rodney Ellis’ redistricting plan. Only two people endorsed Ellis’ Plan and a third liked an element of it. An exact count of those who spoke for or against is difficult because the video/audio feed went […]
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