Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
On September 8th, the Harris County Community Services Department (CSD) distributed a schedule showing that it would complete the first draft of its Method of Distribution (MOD) for spending $750 million in mitigation funding by the end of the month. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]
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Read MoreThe Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) August update to County Commissioners on the progress of the 2018 flood bond shows a continued lopsided distribution of funds in favor of low-to-moderate income (LMI) watersheds. It also showed slowing activity overall. Separately, the County has posted a new website and scheduled input sessions for Adrian Garcia’s […]
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Read MoreKansas City is the only Missouri city with a state police board and the only city that doesn’t control its own police funding.
Read MoreLate in the afternoon on 9/13/22, my phone started blowing up. Frantic callers asked, “Are you watching Commissioners Court?” I wasn’t unfortunately. I was working on a post about the completion of a flood-mitigation project. But my priorities quickly changed when I learned that the three Democrats (Garcia, Ellis and Hidalgo) voted – as a […]
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Read MoreAt the end of August, I checked with Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to see how excavation of the new Woodridge Village detention pond was coming and what the next steps are. Before and After Photos The two photos below show the extent of excavation at the end of July and today. Eventually, the […]
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Read MoreHarris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) spending data on right-of-way acquisition and construction for the first half of 2022 shows that, once again, the San Jacinto watershed has been ignored. Thus, the largest watershed in the county received virtually no help in terms of flood-mitigation funding. Brays, where Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis lives, received […]
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Read MoreIt looks like the Fort Bend County Circus is back in town. Really guys? Spending $26 million-plus a year, and a total of $178 million on something …
Read MoreThose who watched Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, 8/2/22, soon realized they were in for some gripping political theater. The meeting started with a parade of 60 people making public comments. They took up more than three hours. It felt like the vast majority spoke in favor of Adrian Garcia’s proposed new $1.2 billion […]
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Read MoreMeyers, however, raised concerns about how the facility would benefit Precinct 3, which includes parts of Sugar Land, Missouri City and Stafford, …
Read More… $120 million event venue, called EpiCenter, county leaders heralded it as a big opportunity to establish Fort Bend County’s place on the map.
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