Comments for Karen Derr for City Council

Comment on The MKT Hike and Bike Trail by karen

karen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:21:51 +0000

David, I’ll see if I can get an update in the next few days. Thanks, Karen.

Comment on The MKT Hike and Bike Trail by David H

David H — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:51:16 +0000

Two questions regarding the bike trail: 1) what is the expected timing for completion of the Nicholson trail now that they have actually broken ground? 2) what type of parking will be allowed on the street once the trail is completed (e.g. parallel, west side?)

Comment on No to Proposition 8 Rally by Lance Marshall

Lance Marshall — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:00:53 +0000

I was so proud you attended the Prop 8 rally with me and James. It feels good to know that someone like you is running for City Council! I am proud to work with you!

Comment on Constable Program for central Houston Heights by karen

karen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:39:25 +0000

Oh, there is plenty of interest in the program for the west side, just not enough yet. Pam Dreef on Waverly is very actively seeking support for it from west Houston Heights neighbors. The gathering of support has been totally done by otherwise unrelated neighbors. We will have to have the Houston Heights Association petition the city for us as you have to have some entity on the contract with the county(the city’s approval is a formality.) It just has been a long process getting the money pledged and the west side was started later than the east side. Like many things that neighbors do in the Heights, we’ve just been working on our own pretty much until we really need the HHA boards approval. The HHA Safety and Security committee is not working on it to my knowledge. I attended one meeting over a year ago and Adrian Garcia promoted a citizen watch over this constable plan and Ed Gonzales is who is a police officer is now the chair of that committee. I say we need both. HPD seem to be not to high on these plans because they fear a break down in data gathering about crimes. I think we could take steps to ensure that what the constables investigate or observe is reported by way of a volunteer liaison. It is even subsidized in part by the county.

Comment on Constable Program for central Houston Heights by D

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:19:39 +0000

What is the status of the constable program from Yale to Shepherd? No one seems to be reaching out to the western side of the Heights at all about this.

Comment on Real estate market Post-Ike by karen

karen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:55:25 +0000

Thanks Eric. I appreciate your comment. You know the importance of good communication skills in business. I’m hoping mine will serve me well in this campaign and in office. kcd.