District C candidate takes campaign to the streets
By DIANE TEZENO
Updated: 03.09
District C candidate Robin Elackatt, a resident of Colony Lakes subdivision in Missouri City, recently took his campaign to the streets.
Elackatt filed his candidacy for the District C post on Feb. 16 and is slated to face incumbent councilwoman Barbara Gibson in the upcoming city election on May 9.
On March 1, Elackatt and a number of supporters kicked off his campaign with a block walk in the Oyster Creek subdivision of the city.
During the two-hour walk, the District C candidate knocked on about 200 doors and spoke with a number of residents regarding their concerns.
Top among them lack of district representation regarding a number of concerns, including sidewalk repairs, increased taxes and the city’s recent golf course acquisition.
Elackatt spoke with several First Colony subdivision residents, many of whom described themselves as being “fed up” with “getting the run around” on the progress of sidewalk repairs in the city and other issues.
“I think their point is the city has allocated some money and they want someone to take initiative to get the job done,” Elackatt said. . .get the full piece at: http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/12/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_elackatt_platform_35.txt
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Community Activist, Mike Allen, Decides Not To Run In District A Race In MC And Endorses Rodney Griffin For Council!
Just into this site: Colony Crossing resident Mike Allen, who has been a property rights activist in his community, has decided not to seek the district A council seat in Missouri City and instead has endorsed registered candidate Rodney Griffin who narrowly lost the hotly contested race in 2007 by just 3 votes.
Earlier this month Eunice Reiter announced she will not seek re-election and then offered her support to Robert Marshall who also lives in the Colony Crossing neighborhood. Apparently, Mr. Allen had decided to run with the encouragement of many in that subdivision and given some of the actions by his HOA board president, Mr. Marshall, involving their community and his repeated attempts to substantially raise their annual dues. Mr. Allen, according to reports, opposed this with petitions and supposedly enough votes to change the neighborhood board, but Mr. Marshall has so far been successful with the help of the involved vendor law firm in blocking the acceptance of the votes that would replace him as HOA board president.
Mr. Griffin considers this a valuable endorsement by Mike Allen and looks forward to working with him during this campaign season.
Earlier this month Eunice Reiter announced she will not seek re-election and then offered her support to Robert Marshall who also lives in the Colony Crossing neighborhood. Apparently, Mr. Allen had decided to run with the encouragement of many in that subdivision and given some of the actions by his HOA board president, Mr. Marshall, involving their community and his repeated attempts to substantially raise their annual dues. Mr. Allen, according to reports, opposed this with petitions and supposedly enough votes to change the neighborhood board, but Mr. Marshall has so far been successful with the help of the involved vendor law firm in blocking the acceptance of the votes that would replace him as HOA board president.
Mr. Griffin considers this a valuable endorsement by Mike Allen and looks forward to working with him during this campaign season.
Monday, March 9, 2009
5 Challengers File For 2 FBISD BOT Positions
At the close of 5pm today, 5 candidates had registered for the position 2 & 6 seats. They are:
POSITION 2 (West)
Sonal Bhuchar
4306 Keating Court
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Physical Therapist
Year of Birth:
Home: 281-265-9468
Carlos M. Cain
3622 Stratford Arms Ln.
Sugar Land, TX 77498
Self Employed – Consulting
Home: 281-313-3796
Cell: 832-859-5783
POSITION 6 (East)
Bruce Albright
4906 Bend Court
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Sales Manager
Year of Birth: 1952
Home: 281-265-0574
Work: 713-204-2967
Marilyn S. Glover
P.O. Box 635
Missouri City, TX 77459
Consultant
Home: 281-835-0824
Year of Birth: 1945
Rodrigo Carreon
1122 Ave. C
Fresno, TX 77545
Electrician
Home: 281-431-6734
POSITION 2 (West)
Sonal Bhuchar
4306 Keating Court
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Physical Therapist
Year of Birth:
Home: 281-265-9468
Carlos M. Cain
3622 Stratford Arms Ln.
Sugar Land, TX 77498
Self Employed – Consulting
Home: 281-313-3796
Cell: 832-859-5783
POSITION 6 (East)
Bruce Albright
4906 Bend Court
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Sales Manager
Year of Birth: 1952
Home: 281-265-0574
Work: 713-204-2967
Marilyn S. Glover
P.O. Box 635
Missouri City, TX 77459
Consultant
Home: 281-835-0824
Year of Birth: 1945
Rodrigo Carreon
1122 Ave. C
Fresno, TX 77545
Electrician
Home: 281-431-6734
Reformer Robin Elackatt Campaign Takes It To The Streets!
'ELACKATT for MISSOURI CITY (C)' block walk a huge success on Saturday
The 'ELACKATT for MISSOURI CITY (C)' campaign wants to update you on the progress made today. Our campaign team along with residents & friends had a huge success of block walking the FIRST COLONY neighborhoods. We have reached over 230 homes today with a very strong support for Robin Elackatt. This is a record breaking for our campaign!
"We have picked up a huge momentum in these areas of Missouri City and surrounding neighborhoods that had the least representation for the last two years." said the campaign team. Our campaign would like to give special thanks to all twelve friends & residents for your time today. Brenda Adams, one of the original homeowner in First Colony said, "I have lived here for almost 20 years and I have never met my district candidate - This election is about good changes for Missouri City and now we are very excited that we have this young man will help move Missouri City forward."
-From the Elackatt for council campaign...robin4citycouncil@gmail.com
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Reiter Beats Hasty Exit Off Council Leaving District A Open To Challengers!
Reiter Decides To Vacate District A Position After Very Narrow Win In 2007!
UPDATE:
Incumbent council member Eunice Reiter of district A made it official tonight and has decided not to seek re-election. After narrowly defeating her opponent in 2007 by just 3 votes, Rodney Griffin, she was reported to have said enough is enough.
The district A council woman was involved in several highly controversial votes over the last 3 years including supporting more apartments in the city and higher taxes on several occasions.
She took a great deal of criticism from the community during her 2007 run for accepting campaign contributions from Houston development companies and then voting on their projects when they came before council. Some credit her comments during 2005 & 2006 sessions and voting approval of up to 2700 apartments in the ETJ community of Sienna Plantation along with ex-council members Don Smith, Bob Burton and current mayor Allen Owen along with Buddy Jimerson as leading to one of her first challenges for her seat in the many years she sat on city council.
MCC endorsed her opponent in 2007 and wishes her well in retirement. The district A seat currently has one challenger with rumors of a second waiting in the wings. Filing closes soon for council and school board positions.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Rematch Could Be In The Works For MC Races!
May 9 Could See Rematch of Mo. City’s Closest Council Race - If Reiter Decides To Run Again
February 23rd, 2009 | by Bob Dunn, FortBendNow
Rodney Griffin has filed to run for Missouri City Council in District A, possibly setting up a rematch in what was the city’s closest council race ever in 2007.
That year incumbent Councilwoman Eunice Reiter won in a nail-biter, when a recount gave her a three-vote edge over Griffin.
But this year the race could be very different, as Reiter hasn’t yet decided whether to seek another term.
“I’ve been very busy. It’s tax season now,” Reiter, an accountant, said on Monday. “The application is sitting on my desk.
Asked if she intended to fill it out and file for the race, she replied, “it’s not for sure…check with me the middle of next week.”
Reiter has served on City Council since 1994.
Businessman Griffin called for a recount after May 12, 2007, election results showed Reiter got 277 votes to Griffin’s 274. But nothing changed, as the recount showed the same number of votes for each candidate. . . (http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/02/23/35845)
February 23rd, 2009 | by Bob Dunn, FortBendNow
Rodney Griffin has filed to run for Missouri City Council in District A, possibly setting up a rematch in what was the city’s closest council race ever in 2007.
That year incumbent Councilwoman Eunice Reiter won in a nail-biter, when a recount gave her a three-vote edge over Griffin.
But this year the race could be very different, as Reiter hasn’t yet decided whether to seek another term.
“I’ve been very busy. It’s tax season now,” Reiter, an accountant, said on Monday. “The application is sitting on my desk.
Asked if she intended to fill it out and file for the race, she replied, “it’s not for sure…check with me the middle of next week.”
Reiter has served on City Council since 1994.
Businessman Griffin called for a recount after May 12, 2007, election results showed Reiter got 277 votes to Griffin’s 274. But nothing changed, as the recount showed the same number of votes for each candidate. . . (http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/02/23/35845)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Rodney Griffin & Cynthia Gary File For Missouri City Council Seats!
From HCN (FB Sun):
Five file in Missouri City for four open council seats
By DIANE TEZENO
Updated: 02.16.09
The upcoming May election for four open city of Missouri City council seats has drawn the interest of several candidates, both incumbents and challengers.
According to the city secretary, as of 12 noon Feb. 16, five persons have filed as candidates for various city council seats.
In District A, Rodney Griffin, a local business owner, has filed for a second run for the District A council seat currently held by incumbent Eunice Reiter, who has held the seat since 1994.
The two faced off in the May 2007 city election in which Reiter won by a slim 3-vote margin of 277 to 274 votes.
During the election Griffin cited voting machine irregularities that resulted in his full name not being reflected on the ballot summary sheet.
Then Fort Bend County election administrator, J.R. Perez, called the problem a glitch in election machine equipment that caused long names to be truncated on the summary sheet page, but displayed in their entirety on the ballot.
In District B. incumbent Cynthia Lenton-Gary, the first African-American female to be elected to council, filed her intent to run for re-election around mid-day. At press time, Gary is unopposed, with three weeks remaining for candidates to file for the post.
Councilwoman Barbara Gibson, elected to council in May 2007, has filed for re-election and drawn a challenger for her current District C council seat.
Robin Elackatt, a member of the Missouri City Parks and Recreation board, filed as a candidate for the District C post around 9 a.m. on Feb. 16. . . (get the full piece at: http://hcnonline.com/articles/2009/02/17/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_mc_council_candidates_216.txt)
SO FAR 3 REFORM SUPPORTED CANDIDATES HAVE ANNOUNCED WITH MORE TO COME...
Five file in Missouri City for four open council seats
By DIANE TEZENO
Updated: 02.16.09
The upcoming May election for four open city of Missouri City council seats has drawn the interest of several candidates, both incumbents and challengers.
According to the city secretary, as of 12 noon Feb. 16, five persons have filed as candidates for various city council seats.
In District A, Rodney Griffin, a local business owner, has filed for a second run for the District A council seat currently held by incumbent Eunice Reiter, who has held the seat since 1994.
The two faced off in the May 2007 city election in which Reiter won by a slim 3-vote margin of 277 to 274 votes.
During the election Griffin cited voting machine irregularities that resulted in his full name not being reflected on the ballot summary sheet.
Then Fort Bend County election administrator, J.R. Perez, called the problem a glitch in election machine equipment that caused long names to be truncated on the summary sheet page, but displayed in their entirety on the ballot.
In District B. incumbent Cynthia Lenton-Gary, the first African-American female to be elected to council, filed her intent to run for re-election around mid-day. At press time, Gary is unopposed, with three weeks remaining for candidates to file for the post.
Councilwoman Barbara Gibson, elected to council in May 2007, has filed for re-election and drawn a challenger for her current District C council seat.
Robin Elackatt, a member of the Missouri City Parks and Recreation board, filed as a candidate for the District C post around 9 a.m. on Feb. 16. . . (get the full piece at: http://hcnonline.com/articles/2009/02/17/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_mc_council_candidates_216.txt)
SO FAR 3 REFORM SUPPORTED CANDIDATES HAVE ANNOUNCED WITH MORE TO COME...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Elackatt Announces Run For City Council District C
Robin Elackatt Announces He’ll Run For District C Seat On Missouri City Council
February 20th, 2009 | by Bob Dunn, FortBendNow
Robin Elackatt, a healthcare administrator who serves as vice chairman of the Missouri City Parks and Recreation Board, has announced he’ll seek a seat on Missouri City Council in the May 9 election.
Elackatt, who also is president of the Colony Lakes Homeowners Association, will face incumbent District C Councilwoman Barbara Gibson, assuming she seeks reelection. . .
Full story available at: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/02/20/35827
or
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/02/23/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_elackatt_219.txt
February 20th, 2009 | by Bob Dunn, FortBendNow
Robin Elackatt, a healthcare administrator who serves as vice chairman of the Missouri City Parks and Recreation Board, has announced he’ll seek a seat on Missouri City Council in the May 9 election.
Elackatt, who also is president of the Colony Lakes Homeowners Association, will face incumbent District C Councilwoman Barbara Gibson, assuming she seeks reelection. . .
Full story available at: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/02/20/35827
or
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/02/23/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_elackatt_219.txt
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Chron: Local Elections Are Approaching Again!
Chron: Local Elections Are Approaching Again!
Chris Calvin, Ph.D.
After such information over-load, during the recent national elections, many of us are sitting back unaware that some of the most influential local campaigns are approaching again. Our school boards and municipal council races are upon us this Spring. Filing has already begun and runs through early March 9th with the elections in early May.
These elections often have more of an impact than most realize, given the direct involvement of ‘out of area’ special interest corporations and their efforts to seek out tax exemptions or abatements, which commonly, but indirectly, shift the property tax burden back on the local homeowners and small businesses living and working in our community. As a matter of fact a recent Tax Foundation study listed our county property taxes per median home value as #1 in our state and 11th nation-wide. Our local elected officials on our boards, councils and commissions make the appointments for the county appraisal board which has been hearing record numbers of appeals over the last few years. Not only that, some of our larger cities and the county have been hiring lobbyist to go to Austin and oppose property tax rate and appraisal cap reforms, while misrepresenting another viewpoint to the public (done to fatten the local entities budgets at our expense).
When you review many of our local elected officials campaign finance reports, which are available often free of charge to the taxpayers and voters of the county (or for a nominal fee for copying), you find many large none local companies seeking tax breaks or abatements. If we elect the wrong individuals to office we end up with what we have and that is some of the highest property taxes in the U.S. and the highly undesirable #1 spot for our county in Texas.
Please do your homework this election cycle, make sure you are registered and get to the polls for early voting April 27th through May 5th or election day May 9th.
Can we afford more politics as usual with tough economic times upon us? If you want help doing your homework, then please contact us at responsible_dvlpmnt@yahoo.com . We are not a highly financed or powerful PAC, but your neighbors and local taxpayers like you.
Resource:
http://www.fortbendweb.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Chris Calvin, Ph.D.
After such information over-load, during the recent national elections, many of us are sitting back unaware that some of the most influential local campaigns are approaching again. Our school boards and municipal council races are upon us this Spring. Filing has already begun and runs through early March 9th with the elections in early May.
These elections often have more of an impact than most realize, given the direct involvement of ‘out of area’ special interest corporations and their efforts to seek out tax exemptions or abatements, which commonly, but indirectly, shift the property tax burden back on the local homeowners and small businesses living and working in our community. As a matter of fact a recent Tax Foundation study listed our county property taxes per median home value as #1 in our state and 11th nation-wide. Our local elected officials on our boards, councils and commissions make the appointments for the county appraisal board which has been hearing record numbers of appeals over the last few years. Not only that, some of our larger cities and the county have been hiring lobbyist to go to Austin and oppose property tax rate and appraisal cap reforms, while misrepresenting another viewpoint to the public (done to fatten the local entities budgets at our expense).
When you review many of our local elected officials campaign finance reports, which are available often free of charge to the taxpayers and voters of the county (or for a nominal fee for copying), you find many large none local companies seeking tax breaks or abatements. If we elect the wrong individuals to office we end up with what we have and that is some of the highest property taxes in the U.S. and the highly undesirable #1 spot for our county in Texas.
Please do your homework this election cycle, make sure you are registered and get to the polls for early voting April 27th through May 5th or election day May 9th.
Can we afford more politics as usual with tough economic times upon us? If you want help doing your homework, then please contact us at responsible_dvlpmnt@yahoo.com . We are not a highly financed or powerful PAC, but your neighbors and local taxpayers like you.
Resource:
http://www.fortbendweb.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
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