tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72233930781842645482024-03-05T14:13:32.975-06:00AS THE COURT TURNSRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-63264152922450930032012-09-13T14:58:00.000-05:002012-09-13T14:58:00.238-05:00FIGHT THE BITE
Remember the "4 Ds" for Defense:
DUSK/DAWN are the times of day you should stay indoors. This is when mosquitoes are most active.
DRESS in long-sleeves and pants, and light colored clothing. Mosquitoes are more attracted to dark colors.
DRAIN standing water in your backyard and neighborhood; old tires, flowerpots and clogged guttters. These are mosquito breeding Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-19614073538384750042012-07-18T15:06:00.000-05:002012-07-18T15:06:03.470-05:00CONTROLLING SKUNK RABIESSkunk rabies has been a problem in Precinct 1 in the past. The Texas Department of Health Services, Texas Wildlife Division is trying something different. TDHS will bait two different areas in the County by dropping it from helicopters, walking and driving. "Rabies baits will be distributed in the two study areas at a density of 64 baits per square mile or 150 baits per square mile...Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-75025363364661668082012-06-07T10:19:00.000-05:002012-06-07T10:19:01.226-05:00BIPARTISIANSHIP
Judge Vacek and I donated the Grand Champion Steer we purchased at the Needville Youth Fair to Catholic Charities in Richmond. A good cause. And thank you Judge.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-65803105468563523092012-02-28T15:30:00.004-06:002012-02-28T15:34:55.622-06:00PRECINCT 1 LAND USESomeone sent me this breakdown of population density of Fort Bend County. West of Brazos River is all Precinct 1. We like our open space.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-74225998947231459982012-02-22T10:54:00.002-06:002012-02-22T11:01:23.683-06:00HISTORY ALIVE IN PRECINCT 1I have recently visited the Sugar Barn and Brick Works located on the Waters Plantation off of FM 521. These structures were built in the 1840s and are the last standing structures of their kind in the State of Texas. They are truly a treasure of Fort Bend County and are some of the only remaining memories of its heritage. Other structures that existed in the state and county are now reduced Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-77872921473553931342012-02-02T12:08:00.004-06:002012-02-02T12:34:38.306-06:00A VICTORY FOR GREATWOOD AND CANYON GATEI'll let the letter speak for itself.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-88291942589300614372012-01-05T09:04:00.004-06:002012-01-05T09:21:42.948-06:00A NATIONWIDE PROBLEMPolice Overwhelmed by Mentall Ill Abandoned by Mental Health SystemIn Fort Bend County, the mentally ill are generally treated at the Fort Bend County Jail at a cost of $150/day to the taxpayer. As I said before, it cost $10 to $20 to treat a mental health patient at a community health center. We have established a Fort Bend Mental Health Public Defenders Office to try and identify these folks (Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-67131125591729180552011-11-29T14:14:00.001-06:002011-11-29T14:15:52.070-06:00SAVE THE KENDLETON POST OFFICEMy friend, Rev. Petitt.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-38814092818531979432011-11-18T10:22:00.001-06:002011-11-18T10:24:27.922-06:00SUNSET OVER PRECINCT 1Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-39416207693451855982011-11-08T11:51:00.002-06:002011-11-08T11:58:04.529-06:00TEXAS RECYCLES DAYNovember 15th is America/Texas Recycles Day. I encourage everyone to recycle everyday, but the 15th is a day to encourage a more widespread practice of recycling. Check out the links; here, here and here for more. Additionally, due to increased demand for recycling in the County, Fort Bend is getting authorization from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to expand its hours at the Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-29033745651851861952011-10-28T08:39:00.002-05:002011-10-28T08:46:42.828-05:00KILLING MOSQUITOSKHOU TV covered the Fort Bend County Road and Bridge mosquito killing patrol. The film was done from Road and Bridge in Needville. Excellent footage at about the 1:25 mark showing the fleet of trucks leaving the gate. The only good mosquito is a dead mosquito.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-70739939537033543282011-09-30T10:37:00.004-05:002011-10-06T10:01:50.856-05:00HOG OUT!Wild hogs are a problem nationwide and locally. Fort Bend County has joined the Hog Out program. To learn more about the program go the County's partner in the program, Texas Agrilife. For some background check out this Herald story. And for the history of hogs in American go here. Let's hog out.UPDATEThis is a house in Sienna Plantation. As you can see, the hogs "rooted up" the yard. Hog Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-58610022243152536352011-08-11T11:23:00.001-05:002011-08-11T11:27:14.996-05:00West Nile Found in FresnoA mosquito sample from the Fresno area has tested positive for West Nile Virus. This is the first positive sample in Fort Bend County in several years. Following procedure, mosquito spraying in the area will be intensified until a negative sample is gathered from the area. The intensive spraying is targeted at areas likely to hold water including ditches and drains. In addition to extra spraying,Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-91468792869308624982011-04-12T10:03:00.002-05:002011-04-12T10:21:13.743-05:00"A Mental Disaster"One of Fort Bend County's biggest issues is treatment of its citizens that have mental health disorders. The mental health services that are offered to these vulnerable folks are already strained by the current budget restraints. This is a good article that goes into what the Texas Leg is proposing for future cuts.County Judge Lonnie Hunt from Houston County sums up the problem:"The patients Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-45884815867407695092011-03-10T10:18:00.003-06:002011-03-10T11:51:20.790-06:00PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND?Head over to Mamie George Community Center in N. Richmond this weekend. The center is holding a community fair and fun day to get the neighborhood familiar with the programs they offer. The Herald has more.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-46920658657266891102011-02-21T08:12:00.002-06:002011-02-21T08:23:22.501-06:00A FORCED RECESSIONThe State of Texas is forcing its recession on Fort Bend County. The "Fort Bend Herald" has more.Fort Bend County has cut the budget by 18% in the last 2 years. The County is running lean and efficient. We were expecting flat revenues or small growth. In other words, Fort Bend was coming out of the recession and was poised for growth.Now, Austin will claim that it has balanced the budget. Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-41690002076457253862011-02-01T12:02:00.002-06:002011-02-01T12:05:10.804-06:00JANICEK IS NEEDVILLE CITIZEN OF THE YEARThis is well deserved. Hat tip to the Herald.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-82988750157411531282011-02-01T08:47:00.002-06:002011-02-01T08:50:39.258-06:00THE JUSTICE CENTERThis is the inside dome of the new Justice Center. The building will be complete by April and move-in will be complete by mid June.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-56134927547965152632011-02-01T08:35:00.002-06:002011-02-01T08:39:01.880-06:00PAYBACKS ARE HELL...Jim Russ, a noted Aggie, had a wager with Commissioner Meyers, a noted Tiger, on the outcome of the Cotton Bowl. Jim lost.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-52957857263246132252010-11-15T15:53:00.001-06:002010-11-15T15:59:38.873-06:00Jobs in Kendleton and West Fort Bend CountyThe Houston Business Journal covers it here. You can read some background about the intermodal site in Kendleton here. Once this project is complete, I expect that there could be 5,000 jobs on this 750 acres. That is exciting.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-85477585362465776342010-11-09T10:37:00.002-06:002010-11-09T10:44:44.675-06:00A PROBLEM IN PRECINCT 1"Feral hogs root up $400 million per year in damages"The Fort Bend Star has more. The money quote is:With a gestation cycle of only 114 days, there can be three litters a year, fourt to eight pigs per litter. Do the math.Do the math indeed.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-26668871804436757712010-06-09T14:53:00.002-05:002010-06-09T15:07:29.886-05:00THE BIG TIMEI was quoted in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Commissioner Meyers and I traveled to Austin last week to the Texas Transportation Commission to try and reverse a proposed policy that was really going to hurt Fort Bend County. The County put in a pass-through application with TxDoT for funding for the extention of FM 1093. We basically had a deal with TxDoT when they went back and changed the Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-2120453378978688452010-06-09T14:49:00.002-05:002010-06-09T14:52:54.193-05:00PRECINCT 1 MUD AND LID INFOI get asked all of the time, "who are my MUD officers, who are my LID officers?" So I've posted all of Precinct 1's MUD and LID officers on my Fort Bend County website. Here is the link.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-90974407004729822302010-05-25T09:28:00.001-05:002010-05-25T09:30:35.509-05:00WATCH OUT FOR THISThis is a very bad idea.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223393078184264548.post-88164299429525600752010-03-25T12:32:00.002-05:002010-03-25T12:37:23.070-05:00HELPFUL INFORMATIONI was asked a question the other day about how the County spends taxpayer money. The auditor sent me these two pie charts. I think they are helpful.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176514873843426089noreply@blogger.com0