Flood-Victim Video Brilliantly Lampoons Rep Who Consistently Votes against Flood Mitigation
7/22/25 – State Representative Steve Toth has announced that he will run for U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw’s seat in Congress. Yet Toth, who lives outside the District, has repeatedly voted against flood-mitigation measures vitally needed by the people inside the district that he now wants to represent.
That inspired a student, whose home flooded badly during Hurricane Harvey, to create this 2-minute, satirical video that brilliantly lampoons Toth. The student has asked to remain anonymous.
Toth voted against bills to create a Lake Houston Dredging District three times – even when language was added the third time in HB1532 that would eliminate any tax impact. He also voted against HB13 designed to improve flood-warning systems.
Crenshaw Actions on Flood Mitigation
Crenshaw, on the other hand, has worked diligently to obtain flood-mitigation funding for projects in his district. He even helped muck out flooded homes in Elm Grove after Imelda.
Among other things, Crenshaw helped obtain funding for:
- Emergency West Fork Dredging by the Army Corps of Engineers
- TC Jester Detention Basin
- Westador Detention Basin
- Taylor Gully and Woodridge Village Drainage Improvements
- Additional flood gates for Lake Houston
- New bridge across the Kingwood Diversion Ditch
- Harris County Flood Control District Channel Improvement projects
- Kingwood High School Flood Gates
- Home buyouts along West Fork
- Home-elevation projects
I have known Dan Crenshaw since he first ran for office and have immense respect for him. He has worked hard to protect the people of this district by securing funding for numerous flood-mitigation projects. Steve Toth, on the other hand, voted against flood-mitigation measures. That tells me he’s out of touch with the needs of people in this congressional district. I plan on voting for Crenshaw.
Posted by Bob Rehak on 7/22/25
2884 Days since Hurricane Harvey
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