District K
Council Member Martha Castex-Tatum won a special election on May 5, 2018 and was sworn in as the Houston City Council Member for District K on May 16, 2018. She currently serves on the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee, the Economic Development Committee, the Housing and Community Affairs Committee, and the Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee. As a longtime and active resident of District K, Martha is committed to serving constituents through her passion for the community and her diligence as a public servant. She is an advocate for senior citizens and small business owners. She is also dedicated to increasing beautification projects and economic development throughout the district, among other projects and initiatives.
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Free Food (Fresh Produce and groceries) Distribution at India House on Wednesday, September 30th from 11 am to 12:30 pm
Hello, Council Member Martha Castex-Tatum,
My name is Gazzia Aleman and I’m writing on behalf of Pantsuit Republic and the community in general.
In light of the recent murder of George Floyd, and the protests that occurred in Houston, I am calling on you to vote for the amendments to the city budget proposed by Council Member Plummer.
We also continue to ask for accountability and body camera footage of the murders by police of Adrian Medearis, Nicholas Chavez, Christopher Aguirre, Randy Lewis, Rayshard Scales, and Joshua Johnson.
Please consider supporting your colleague Council member Leticia Plummers budget amendments that speak to some of our demands and asks and that provide further guidance on holding police accountable by re-purposing funding for an independent police oversight board with subpoena power, and increasing deescalation training. Here is an example of the tactics employed by HPD that we oppose:
https://t.co/xLvtulOYNa?amp=1 . Here is an example of the tactics employed by HPD:
https://t.co/xLvtulOYNa?amp=1
Before your vote on June 10th we ask that you consider all these factors before voting for the almost $1 billion budget for HPD that accounts for 17.2% of our city budget. Our communities deserve to feel safe and protected and that can be accomplished through funding for health and human services, public housing, mental healthcare, but not always police. Remember that not all communities, especially black and brown communities feel safe calling the police in a time of emergency. This money could be put to use more efficiently and I have confidence that you will know best where else it should be redistributed.
Thank you.
Dear Houston City Council Members,
My name is Nicole Kohn and I am a resident of Houston. I am emailing today to demand that you vote NO on the Mayor's FY21 proposed budget on Wednesday 6/10 in response to the ongoing police brutality taking place around the country, the epidemic of police brutality itself, and for the inherent systemic racism of the police system itself.
I urge you to pressure the office of the mayor towards an ethical and equal reallocation of the Houston expense budget, away from HPD and towards health and human services, libraries and education programs, as well as neighborhood planning and development effective at the beginning of FY21.
Furthermore, I ask the city council and mayor to discontinue tax payer funding of the Houston Police Department Officer Liability insurance. In any other profession, employees are required to fund their own liability insurance and this should be the same for the police department. Furthermore, the community feels that this will curb instances of police brutality and officer-involved shootings of unarmed persons if liability insurance is funded from the pockets of the officers themselves.
Thank you,
Nicole Kohn
District K Resident
I find it appalling that the Police Chief is on camera, in uniform, in public dropping F bombs and GD words and blaming white people for the riots and goes unchecked. Any other city employee would be fired.
Container fee question
Can I just buy my own black and green containers and not get charged the fee?
Tomorrow at 9:00am.
Will city be issuing out these type signs to residents and businesses ?
Due to the circumstances and in hopes of containing this terrible virus,
I am reaching out to possibly get this message out to major grocery stores like HEB, Target, Wal-Mart and even pharmacies, liquor stores and the like. I have two recommendations that I believe would protect employees and customers both! I am recommending that all stores remain open but be shut to the public, and this is why:
1) employees and customers would have the least amount of interaction, containing the spread of the Covid 19 virus.
2) the stores would save money/resources because they would not have to continuously sanitize all day long due to customer traffic.
3) customers could get their essential items more regularly and in a timely manner.
4) more jobs could remain open to store employees who may also stay healthier.
Since some stores already have curb side in place (people are already incorporating the system by paying virtually or cash options) but orders are taking over a week to fill due to employees still tending to all other "regular day" shopping habits.
These solutions could provide daily, timely services.
First recommendation:
To follow models already put in place with stores like Best Buy (1604/Gold Canyon) where they fill your order, email or text you when the order is ready and ask you to email them back when you are in the parking lot/in front of the store (still in your car) and they get your order and only one employee hands you your item or they place it in your vehicle on the seat. They have a few desks at curbside and about 6 employees assuring the delivery of uour product(s).
Alamo Cafe and Willy's off of 281 also have great models in place. Order online or phone, they email you when your order is ready. They tell you which parking slot# to park at, one employee brings you the order. All whilst you remain in your car.
Second recommendation:
With all these grocery stores having a lot of Shopping carts:
I am recommending orders begin to be filled at night (and throughout the day) from within the store (s).
Example: Sanitize all carts (if possible), fill orders during the night shift. Tell 20-50 customers to show up at 8am but STAY in their cars until they are contacted (by text). Employees could roll out carts no less than 6' apart onto the parking lots and then start texting the 1st customer, "your order is ready. Your order is in cart #1, please get your order and immediately return to your car so the next customer can get theirs."
When that customer begins walking back to their car, the 2nd customer is texted (and so forth and so on).
When those orders are almost filled, time to text the next batch of customers to come to the parking lot, follow the same rules and start again.
These orders would obviously have to be prepaid with credit cards or other virtual form of payment.
Parking lots are so big that maybe 4 different stations (maybe one station for cash customers) could be set up in order to verify the customer belongs to the order and vise versa but customers (and employees) would have so much LESS contact with each other.
This recommendation could also work if the large grocery stores had parking spaces numbered, have people parked in the designated slots (like mentioned earlier with Alamo Cafe) stay in their cars and the employees rolled each pre arranged order out to each parking slot.
***These are just recommendations. I am not in the sales industry so, it would definitely be up to each store manager or CEOs to tweak recommendations in order to put a model in place that assures customer service satisfaction, best options for employees and preciseness of orders delivered.
I HAVE FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE TO THE OTHER NEWS STATIONS AND HOPE TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR MAYOR TOMORROW.
Thank you for helping keep our communuties safe!
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There are now 4 total testing centers open in Harris County. You can start the process of getting tested by visiting Bit.ly/CV19PreScreening.
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👇EVERYONE WHO GETS TESTED HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.👇
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#Coronavirus #HouNews #Testing #StayHomeWorkSafe
We are working with community partners to establish #COVID19 testing sites. We will announce the locations and procedures when details are finalized.
Despite reports, the sites are NOT scheduled to open on March 18. Please DO NOT show up to a location you may have heard is a testing site. You will not be tested, and your presence could unintentionally put others at risk, cause delays, and interrupt the healthcare professionals who are working expeditiously to open the sites.
People currently experiencing COVID-19 symptoms need to contact their medical provider.
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