By Charlotte Aguilar Voters in West University Place will begin going to the polls today (Monday, April 24) to select their mayor and City Council members for the next two years. Early voting will be conducted 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Saturday and again next Monday-Tuesday, May 1-2, with polls open next Sunday from 12 noon to 7 p.m. Election Day is Saturday, May 6. The … [Read more...] about Early voting begins today at City Hall for West U mayor, council
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The Essentials Questionnaire: Where Bellaire’s 7 council candidates stand
By Charlotte Aguilar After the last election in 2019 put three new councilmembers in office, Bellaire voters will begin casting their ballots Oct. 18 for the Nov. 2 general election — once again to fill a majority of seats at their City Council table. Mayor Andrew Friedberg drew no opposition in his run for a fourth two-year term, and no incumbents are running for the three … [Read more...] about The Essentials Questionnaire: Where Bellaire’s 7 council candidates stand
Check your watch and your leaf blower: New West U noise regulations take effect Monday
Residents have had nine months’ warning, and starting Monday (May 3), they will face penalties — including fines — for violating new provisions of the West University noise ordinance expanding quiet hours in residential neighborhoods and regulating leaf blowers. A constant issue before West U councilors for years, noise at disruptive times and especially from leaf blowers … [Read more...] about Check your watch and your leaf blower: New West U noise regulations take effect Monday
TONIGHT: Leaf blowers, flooding study top council agenda
Tonight’s West University Place City Council meeting tonight begins at 6:30 p.m in the Municipal Building at 3800 University Blvd. Before the regular session, there will be a special workshop to discuss the results of a citywide drainage study by HDR Engineering to evaluate the existing storm sewer’s condition and its capacities. The purpose of the report is to identify the … [Read more...] about TONIGHT: Leaf blowers, flooding study top council agenda
It’s time for a Virtual Gated West University
...not because we’re afraid but because it’s smart crime-fighting (This is an updated reprint of an article I wrote in Essentials Magazine in November 2016.) In 1998, when a guy running for the city council said he wanted to put cameras at every entrance to West University Place, I was horrified. It sounded like a communist plot, an obvious invasion of the privacy rights … [Read more...] about It’s time for a Virtual Gated West University