2/20/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger has postponed Round 2 of Median Madness because of weather predictions. Instead of February 22, the City will now hold the event on March 8 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Median Madness is a volunteer event in which Kingwood residents work with City crews to clear […]
2/19/25 – Eight Harris County department heads make more in salary than the President of the United States. All are women or minorities. The mega salaries go to the heads of the: Moreover, 17 Harris County department heads make more than U.S. cabinet-level officials such as the Secretaries of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Commerce, etc., […]
2/18/2025 – Seven years ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott took an aerial tour of the Lake Houston Area and the San Jacinto River to view the extent of Hurricane Harvey devastation. Afterwards, he met with area leaders and elected officials at the Kingwood Community Center. Together, they announced a list of seven actions that they […]
2/16/2025 – Comparing data recently obtained via a public information request to previous sources available online shows current pay rates and increases for Harris County Department heads. One head now receives more than half of a million dollars per year. Another seven receive more than $400,000 per year. And some pay increases exceed the entire […]
2/14/25 – Mark your calendars, Kingwood residents. Two important upcoming events will affect most of you: Median Madness Round 2 and a total Northpark Drive closure lasting 3-days at the UnionPacific Railroad near Loop 494. Here are details of each. Median Madness Round 2 City Council Member Fred Flickinger has organized another vine trimming event […]
2/13/25 – Phase I of the new 40-acre Meritage development in Atascocita between Pinehurst and Kings River overflowed after less than two inches of rain on Tuesday 2/11/25. Approximately an inch of that fell in a half hour. While that is a pretty heavy downpour, it still falls short of the 1.43 inches per half […]
The controversial Colony Ridge development in Liberty county, which targets Hispanics and which has been labeled a “foreclosure mill” by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, appears to routinely ignore Texas law when sending out foreclosure notices. Section 51.0075 (e) of the Texas Property Code requires that “the name and a street address for a trustee or […]
2/10/2025 – An email among a powerful association of real estate developers and mortgage lenders obtained by ReduceFlooding.com details why the group feels the need to exploit immigrants despite criticism of its businesses practices from both the left and the right. The email defends a business model knowingly based on a high percentage of unqualified […]
2/9/25 – Northpark Drive expansion has become a bewildering maze of lane switches and traffic barriers where SUVs tango daily with excavators and dump trucks. All of that makes for life in the slow lane … which can actually be a good thing given the potential for accidents. Since my last construction update, contractors have […]
2/8/2025 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has finally released the full text of the Kingwood Diversion Ditch Preliminary Engineering Review and its supporting files. The report, which was originally due in 300 days took more than 1400 days. When asked why it took so long, a HCFCD representative replied, “Personnel turnover.” The files […]