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Tell your elected official to keep Polk open! This is one of our main avenues for success!
There are two main categories of elected officials: City officials, and other officials (county, state, and federal). They can all be valuable, so please reach out to as many as you can.
City Elected Officials
City Elected Officials
Let your local elected officials know that you oppose the closure of Polk by calling or emailing them directly. For ideas of what you can say, check out the sidebar at right.
Everybody should contact the mayor and all at-large councilmembers. For district councilmembers, it's better to call the representative for your district. You can look up your district councilmember here.
Everybody should contact:
Everybody should contact:
Mayor (John Whitmire) 832.393.1000 mayor@houstontx.gov
At-Large #1 (Julian Ramirez) 832.393.3014 atlarge1@houstontx.gov
At-Large #2 (Willie Davis) 832.393.3013 atlarge2@houstontx.gov
At-Large #3 (Twila Carter) 832.393.3005 atlarge3@houstontx.gov
At-Large #4 (Leticia Plummer) 832.393.3012 atlarge4@houstontx.gov
At-Large #5 (Sallie Alcorn) 832.393.3017 atlarge5@houstontx.gov
Contact your district councilmember:
Contact your district councilmember:
District A (Amy Peck) 832.393.3010 districta@houstontx.gov
District B (Tarsha Jackson) 832.393.3009 districtb@houstontx.gov
District C (Abbie Kamin) 832.393.3004 districtc@houstontx.gov
District D (Carolyn Evans-Shabazz) 832.393.3001 districtd@houstontx.gov
District E (Fred Flickenger) 832.393.3008 districte@houstontx.gov
District F (Tiffany Thomas) 832.393.3002 districtf@houstontx.gov
District G (Mary Nan Huffman) 832.393.3007 districtg@houstontx.gov
District H (Mario Castillo) 832.393.3003 districth@houstontx.gov
District I (Joaquin Martinez) 832.393.3011 districti@houstontx.gov
District J (Edward Pollard) 832.393.3015 districtj@houstontx.gov
District K (Martha Castex-Tatum) 832.393.3016 districtk@houstontx.gov
Note* BOLD indicates that GRB and Polk Street are in their district
County, state, and federal elected officials
County, state, and federal elected officials
These are the elected officials who will be most impacted by the GRB expansion and Polk Closure. You may also reach out to your own representative, if they are not on the list.
Harris Co. Judge (Lina Hidalgo) 713.274.7000 judge.hidalgo@harriscountytx.gov
Harris Co. Commissioner Pct. 1 (Rodney Ellis) 346.286.2125 Comm_Ellis@cp1.hctx.net
Harris Co. Commissioner Pct. 2 (Adrian Garcia) 832.393.3011 commissioner@pct2.hctx.net
Texas Senator Dist. 13 (Borris Miles) 713.665.8322 borris.miles@senate.texas.gov
Texas Senator Dist. 6 (Carol Alvarado) 713.926.6257 district6.alvarado@senate.texas.gov
Texas House Dist. 147 (Jolanda Jones) 713.522.0555 Jolanda.Jones@house.texas.gov
Texas House Dist. 145 (Christina Morales) 713.718.5915 Christina.Morales@house.texas.gov
Texas House Dist. 143 (Ana Hernandez) 713.675.8596 Ana.Hernandez@house.texas.gov
US. House Texas Dist. 18 (Empty) 713.655.0050 Web Link
US. House Texas Dist. 29 (Sylvia Garcia) 832.325.3150 Web Link
Note* BOLD indicates that GRB and Polk Street are in their district
Don't know what to say? 🤷🏼
Don't know what to say? 🤷🏼
Try these talking points:
Open with your request: "Please DENY the Abandonment of Polk Street."
Personal Story: Tell how you use Polk Street. Tell them how often. Make it personal to You. Use it for work daily? Drove Polk to get to St. Joseph Hospital? Ride the bus to/from events? Let them know it will affect You and that it matters.
Transparency: Before public outcry the comment process for this project closed March 3rd. Houston First plans for the Polk release March 6th. How is the public supposed to know what to comment on before the plans are released? This smacks of backroom dealing and public sacrifice for private gain.
Close with your request: "Please DENY the Abandonment of Polk Street."
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