City Hall Protest At ICE Ordinance Repeal Session-We Must Show Up For Ourselves

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOUSTON DEMOCRACY PROJECT

Here is what the fight over the City of Houston/ICE ordinance has made clear:

1. John Whitmire believes Greg Abbott's Abbott's opinions are law.
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2. There is no prospect through the conventional political process at Houston City Hall, to mitigate to even small measure any policy or action of the federal government or State of Texas government.

3. HPD will execute any state or federal instruction without hope that John Whitmire will meaningfully object.

4. World Cup soccer games are more important to Houston City government than is fighting for our rights.

5. Please give a brief thought each day to the need to defeat Republican At-Large Councilmembers Twila Carter & Willie Davis in 2027. Tell others about how bad they are.

6. We are going to have to show up for ourselves. And we should never give up at Houston City Hall no matter the discouragement.

Above you see notice of a protest at Houston City Hall at 9 AM on Friday, 4/17. This is when the ordinance repeal meeting will be held. There is also a graphic on how to sign up to speak on Friday. You can sign up to speak until 3 PM tomorrow, 4/16.

Below is information to contact Houston City Council. The Harris County Republican Party is asking people to show up at the meeting and to call council.

Push back in the way that works for you. Please be ready challenging days ahead.

The next action is when you organize it. The 1st Amendment is your permit. The only credential needed is your presence.

Public comment time at Houston City Council is each Tuesday at 2 PM with the exception once each month when it is at 5:00 PM. Here is how you can speak at Council and here is how to contact your councilmember.  The earlier before the session you sign up, the higher up on the speaker's list you'll be. You must register to speak by 3 PM the day before. 

The agenda session to conduct Council business is each Wednesday at 9 AM. The agenda is posted in advance. Council can be watched live on HTV Houston Television and past sessions are available at any time on the HTV feed on Facebook. Here is the link to past sessions of Council. Here are maps of Council districts so you can see who represents you. 

Here is contact information for Mayor Whitmire & Council--

Mayor Whitmire—832-393-1000 [email protected] 

Democrats: 
At-Large-Alejandra Salinas 832-393-3012  [email protected]
At-Large-Sallie Alcorn 832-393-3017  [email protected]
District B-Tarsha Jackson 832-393-3009  [email protected]
District C-Abbie Kamin 832-393-3004  [email protected]
District D-Carolyn Evans-Shabazz 832-393-3001 [email protected]
District F-Tiffany Thomas 832-393-3002  [email protected]
District H-Mario Castillo 832-393-3002  [email protected]
District I-Joaquin Martinez 832-393-3011 [email protected]
District J-Edward Pollard 832-393-3015  [email protected]
District K-Martha Castex-Tatum 832-393-3016  [email protected]

Republicans: 
At-Large-Julian Ramirez 832-393-3014 [email protected]
At-Large-Willie Davis 832-393-3013 [email protected] 
At-Large-Twila Carter 832-393-3005 [email protected]
District A-Amy Peck 832-393-3010 [email protected]
District E-Fred Flickinger 832-393-3008 [email protected] 
District G-Mary Nan Huffman 832-393-3007 [email protected] ​​​

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