Izzy - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/izzy/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:53:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Izzy - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/izzy/ 32 32 103504436 Izzy Finds Harris County Magically Solved All Its Flooding Problems Overnight https://houstonnewmedia.org/izzy-finds-harris-county-magically-solved-all-its-flooding-problems-overnight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=izzy-finds-harris-county-magically-solved-all-its-flooding-problems-overnight Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:53:12 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54496 11/12/25 – My weird nephew Izzy called this morning. He was all excited about what he thought would be a tax refund check from Harris County. He had just finished scanning through the San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group’s latest report and had convinced himself that the check was in the mail. The Holiday Miracle […]

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]]> 1062104 County’s Climate-Justice Plan Gets Weird Nephew Izzy All Excited https://houstonnewmedia.org/countys-climate-justice-plan-gets-weird-nephew-izzy-all-excited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=countys-climate-justice-plan-gets-weird-nephew-izzy-all-excited Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:30:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=50668 4/24/25 – My Weird Nephew Izzy called again this morning. He was all atwitter about Harris County’s new Climate-Justice Plan adopted by Commissioner’s Court on 4/10/25. And he could barely contain his excitement. The Phone Call from Nephew Izzy “They did it, Uncle Bob. They really, finally done did it?” “Did what, Izzy?” “We finally […]

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]]> 943937 Language In Engineering Report Has Nephew Izzy Baffled https://houstonnewmedia.org/language-in-engineering-report-has-nephew-izzy-baffled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=language-in-engineering-report-has-nephew-izzy-baffled Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:41:30 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35390 The language of some engineering reports is more impenetrable than the armor of a battleship. My weird nephew Izzy floods badly. He was trying to slog through the Region 6 San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group DRAFT report and called for help today. Marvel Comics It Ain’t “Uncle Bob,” he complained, “This is @#$%&ing 295 […]

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]]> 427581 Nephew Izzy Considering Homelets https://houstonnewmedia.org/nephew-izzy-considering-homelets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nephew-izzy-considering-homelets Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:57:06 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35093 My weird nephew Izzy wants to rent one of those new 660-square-foot homelets going up in the Preserve at Woodridge. He came to me so excited the other day that he was gesturing wildly and sloshed beer all over his Mötley Crüe T-shirt. “Uncle Bob,” he enthused, “You gotta see these places! I can maybe […]

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]]> 416951 Izzy Hedges Bets; Applies for Flood Control Exec Director Job, Too https://houstonnewmedia.org/izzy-hedges-bets-applies-for-flood-control-exec-director-job-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=izzy-hedges-bets-applies-for-flood-control-exec-director-job-too Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:48:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28069 Yesterday, my weird nephew Izzy informed me that he was applying for the job of Harris County Deputy County Administrator for Infrastructure and Resilience. Nothing I said could deter him. What the kid lacks in common sense, he makes up for with stupidity. Backup Plan for Deputy County Administrator Job But this morning, he called […]

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]]> 161720 Nephew Izzy A Shoe-in for Deputy County Administrator Job https://houstonnewmedia.org/nephew-izzy-a-shoe-in-for-deputy-county-administrator-job/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nephew-izzy-a-shoe-in-for-deputy-county-administrator-job Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:20:51 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28032 My weird nephew Izzy called me the other day. He was so excited, he could barely contain himself and probably didn’t. Thankfully, it wasn’t a video call. Our family knows Izzy as the guy who’s ten cents short of a dime. Izzy graduated from from college with the lowest possible grades you could get and […]

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