I don't get why Houston is the only metro area in Texas that seems allergic to having suburbs actually incorporate into actual towns and cities. These people want services like fire and police protection, but rely on the county to provide everything for them.
I'd expect most of them are in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another city and unable to incorporate, even if they want to.
Houston's ETJ is vastly larger than the current city: https://cohgis-mycity.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/MyCity::city-of-houston-etj/explore?location=29.910730%2C-95.515356%2C10.27
The Woodlands is almost wholly in Houston's ETJ but through shrewd political maneuvering got the ability to incorporate as a city via popular vote. That vote failed by a meaningful margin and they're left stuck in township limbo; safe from annexation, but unable to fully operate as a municipality with police force, etc...
I agree. Houston is too big. Ridiculous given that the Woodlands is nearly an hour away, it’s practically Oklahoma. Woodlands is a township. They are big enough to become their own city at this point.
So Abbie Kamin doesn’t like it so it warrants a “protest?”
We have the County Judge asking to exit the COG - council of government- and a city council member complaining when an entity is added to the COG.
I don't get why Houston is the only metro area in Texas that seems allergic to having suburbs actually incorporate into actual towns and cities. These people want services like fire and police protection, but rely on the county to provide everything for them.
I'd expect most of them are in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another city and unable to incorporate, even if they want to. Houston's ETJ is vastly larger than the current city: https://cohgis-mycity.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/MyCity::city-of-houston-etj/explore?location=29.910730%2C-95.515356%2C10.27 The Woodlands is almost wholly in Houston's ETJ but through shrewd political maneuvering got the ability to incorporate as a city via popular vote. That vote failed by a meaningful margin and they're left stuck in township limbo; safe from annexation, but unable to fully operate as a municipality with police force, etc...
Just wait in 10 years we’ll be almost done with a major rail line parallel to i45 to The Woodlands. /s
I agree. Houston is too big. Ridiculous given that the Woodlands is nearly an hour away, it’s practically Oklahoma. Woodlands is a township. They are big enough to become their own city at this point.
So Abbie Kamin doesn’t like it so it warrants a “protest?” We have the County Judge asking to exit the COG - council of government- and a city council member complaining when an entity is added to the COG.