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HCFCD Construction Spending Continues to Plummet

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:48:38 +0000

10/26/25 – Harris County Flood Control District construction spending has plummeted in recent years along with total spending. And a leading indicator – construction contract awards – doesn’t show much hope for improvement anytime soon. Numbers Tell the Story I’ve posted before about the decline in total spending. It ramped up sharply after voters approved […]

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Leadership Crisis in Harris County Government

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:22:16 +0000

8/7/25 – Lina Hidalgo threw another temper tantrum in Commissioners Court today, left and never returned. She also received a censure from her colleagues on Court. Worse, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) seems adrift. Current HCFCD leadership seems to have no sense of urgency. Eight years after Harvey, less than a quarter of flood-bond […]

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Flood Bond, Subdivision Drainage Shortfalls Prompt Harsh Words From Commissioners

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:14:09 +0000

2/6/2025 – Fireworks erupted today in Harris County Commissioners Court today over the 2018 Flood Bond and Subdivision Drainage shortfalls. It was a rare display of bipartisan outrage. All four commissioners and the county judge took turns expressing concerns about budget shortfalls. The County Engineer, the Head of the Flood Control District, the County’s Budget […]

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Fireworks Erupt in Commissioners Court Over Flood Bond, Subdivision Drainage Shortfalls

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 02:48:28 +0000

2/6/2025 – Fireworks erupted today in Harris County Commissioners Court over the 2018 Flood Bond and a subset of projects within it called “Subdivision Drainage Projects.” It was a rare display of bipartisan outrage. All four commissioners and the county judge took turns expressing concerns about budget shortfalls. The County Engineer, the Head of the […]

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Flood Digest: Flooding, Planning and More

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:47:53 +0000

Below is a digest of seven flood-related items in the news lately. Dubai Floods On April 18, 2024, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates saw the heaviest flooding in 75 years. That’s as far back as their records go. Dubai began data collection efforts in 1949. The floods followed several cloud-seeding flights. They probably did not cause […]

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Four Dems Take No Action to Honor Pre-Election Bond Promise

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 21:26:24 +0000

On Tuesday, 10/31/23, Harris County Commissioner’s court took no action on a request from Commissioner Tom Ramsey PE to abide by a pre-election promise to voters re: the 2022 Road and Parks Bonds. Ramsey could not even find a second for his motion on Agenda Item #418. During debate on the topic: When they talked […]

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GLO Suggests Plan to Streamline Flood Mitigation in Harris County

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:30:14 +0000

Citing the urgent need to spend half of a billion flood-mitigation dollars quickly, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has made a common-sense suggestion to streamline flood mitigation in Harris County. It recommended making Harris County Flood Control District a “direct recipient” (rather than a “sub-recipient”) of the half billion dollars carved out of $750 […]

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Newly Obtained Harris County Reports Raise Serious 2022 Election Concerns

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:30:34 +0000

Harris County reports obtained by investigative journalist Wayne Dolcefino and shared with ReduceFlooding.com raise serious concerns about the integrity of the 2022 election. A video released by Dolcefino on 6/1/23 summarized some of the problems: “The release of these documents details a horrific story of incompetence,” said Dolcefino. And that was in an election where… […]

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Flood Control, Other Harris County Departments Reorganized…Again

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 19 May 2023 02:19:58 +0000

Almost all Harris County departments have reorganized several times under County Judge Lina Hidalgo. By my estimate, the County’s 24 departments have had a total of 47 leaders during her administration. Revolving Door for Department Heads Eleven leaders have turned over in the last year including five in the last month. The: All those “interims” […]

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Costly Brain Drain Continues in Harris County

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 13 May 2023 22:39:28 +0000

On April 14, 2022, I wrote about how the brain drain in Harris County government under County Judge Lina Hidalgo compromised productivity and service. At that point, Hidalgo had been in office just 3.25 years. During that time, the heads of 16 out of 20 departments had changed – many more than once. Those 16 […]

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Nearly All Voting Problems in Republican Strongholds

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:37:19 +0000

A new 10-minute video by investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino shows heat maps of Republican-leaning areas in Harris County and where voting problems occurred in the November 2022 elections. Superimposing one on top of the other shows that virtually all of the areas running out of ballot paper occurred in Republican strongholds. Experts estimate the chances […]

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“The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks”

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:53:06 +0000

Wayne Dolcefino, investigative journalist extraordinaire, has released another video about his and Jim McIngvale’s attempts to force Harris County to release public records pertaining to the 2020 election. Lina Hidalgo plays a starring role. And her performance reminds one of Shakespeare’s famous line from Hamlet, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” The line implies […]

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All You Need to Know About Flooding Before You Vote

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:53:03 +0000

Before you vote this year, review these two graphs and a map. They should tell you everything you need to know about flooding and flood mitigation in the Lake Houston Area. They should also motivate you to vote if you are on the sidelines. Highest Flooding The first graph shows “feet above flood stage” during […]

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Dems Deprive Republican Precincts of Services

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:10:11 +0000

Late 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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Redistricting Lawsuit Dismissed by Ellis-Backed Judge

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 17:32:43 +0000

A lawsuit by Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle and their supporters that sought to overturn a redistricting plan devised by Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis has been dismissed by an Ellis-backed judge, Dedra Davis. Details of Redistricting Plan The Ellis redistricting plan swapped the numbers of Precincts 3 […]

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