heights_yankee Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 This was forwarded to me by a friend. I do not have the email address to RSVP but I'm sure that's easy to find if you are able to attend Friends, You are cordially invited to attend an informal breakfast meeting with District H Councilman Adrian Garcia. Councilman Garcia wishes to discuss various issues and concerns affecting our community. He will also provide insight to this years budget and some of his successful amemdments. As community leaders, your input is vital to the future of our city. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Time: 10:30am to Noon Place: Heights Public Library, 1302 Heights Blvd. Free breakfast items will be provided, but feel free to bring any additional food item you would like to share. Councilman Garcia will be in attendance and looks forward to meeting with everyone. Please respond via e-mail if you plan to attend. Respectfully, Ed Gonzalez Community Liaison Councilman Adrian Garcia's office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwood Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 This was forwarded to me by a friend. I do not have the email address to RSVP but I'm sure that's easy to find if you are able to attend Friends, You are cordially invited to attend an informal breakfast meeting with District H Councilman Adrian Garcia. Councilman Garcia wishes to discuss various issues and concerns affecting our community. He will also provide insight to this years budget and some of his successful amemdments. As community leaders, your input is vital to the future of our city. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Time: 10:30am to Noon Place: Heights Public Library, 1302 Heights Blvd. Free breakfast items will be provided, but feel free to bring any additional food item you would like to share. Councilman Garcia will be in attendance and looks forward to meeting with everyone. Please respond via e-mail if you plan to attend. Respectfully, Ed Gonzalez Community Liaison Councilman Adrian Garcia's office I had a situation with the City a couple of years ago that I needed help on. He and his office could not have been nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heightslurker Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 This was forwarded to me by a friend. I do not have the email address to RSVP but I'm sure that's easy to find if you are able to attend Friends, You are cordially invited to attend an informal breakfast meeting with District H Councilman Adrian Garcia. Councilman Garcia wishes to discuss various issues and concerns affecting our community. He will also provide insight to this years budget and some of his successful amemdments. As community leaders, your input is vital to the future of our city. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Time: 10:30am to Noon Place: Heights Public Library, 1302 Heights Blvd. Free breakfast items will be provided, but feel free to bring any additional food item you would like to share. Councilman Garcia will be in attendance and looks forward to meeting with everyone. Please respond via e-mail if you plan to attend. Respectfully, Ed Gonzalez Community Liaison Councilman Adrian Garcia's office e'mail address to rsvp: edward.gonzalez@cityofhouston.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smarts Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I had a situation with the City a couple of years ago that I needed help on. He and his office could not have been nicer.do you mind sharing your problem?Only because I didn't think it would actually work, I guess I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwood Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 do you mind sharing your problem?Only because I didn't think it would actually work, I guess I was wrong.I had trouble getting a construction permit from the City. Councilman Garcia was one of two people in city hall who helped me get past one *%&^# in another city department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Lego and ALSC (the Association for Library Service to Children) are giving away $5000 to be used to purchase books and materials to the library who gets the most votes! All you have to do is go to www.readbuildplay.com and in the drop down menus to the right of the screen, choose your state (Texas), city (Houston) and library (Heights). You don't have to put in your email address or anything! It'll take you about 30 seconds to do, and would really help your favorite library branch. Please get your family and friends to vote, and feel free to share this with anyone you know. Nominate Your Library and support those unsung heroes of story time!The winning library receives $5,000. The top 200 get innovative early literacy toolkits. Nominations accepted through October 1, 2012.Today's Top Voted LibrariesMount Airy Public LibraryMount Airy, North Carolina 24365 nominationsHeights Houston, Texas (23476 nominations)Rochester Hills Public Library Rochester, Michigan (18900 nominations) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J008 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 thanks it s pretty amazing the heights library ranked so high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 We are currently less than 700 votes away. You can vote daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 It pains me to vote against Mount Airy, NC, the birthplace of Andy Griffith, and a mere 37 miles from Winston-Salem, my hometown. Alas, I live in the Heights now, and I must vote my new hometown some books. Forgive me, Sheriff Taylor.BTW, the gap is now less than 400 votes. Mt. Airy is doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutfieldDan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We're falling behind. Now by 462 votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Our recent surge probably scared them. Mt Airy is tiny, so their only chance is to vote early and often, unless they start buying time on TVland during the reruns. For Heights to be victorious, we must use our hipster connections to spread the word, but not too soon. Moving too soon has two main drawbacks: time for My Airy to respond and the high prevalence of ADHD among Heights hipsters. October 1 just as well be in 2112 for most, so spreading the word now could backfire. Looking around at my work, I figure an email timed in last week of September may get us 3 votes from each, but the problem is October 1 falls on a Monday and we could get no votes from such a strategy. Does anybody know anything about setting off one of those flash mobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 So, you guys might like to know there is now some drama to add to the competition. The "Press" in Mt Airy has been pushing this contest for over a month. Well, our resident Chron.com blogger, Martin Hajovsky, posted a plea last week as well. Apparently, Mt Airy has been following the race more closely than anyone anticipated because their local news station posted this on their Facebook page: "[Hajovksy] goes on to say that $5,000 doesn't seem like much, and I guess if you're in one of the biggest cities in American then maybe it's not much money. But to us, here in small town America, that $5,000 is quite a lot, and much needed. I leave it up to you, are you going to let him bad mouth us and take the prize we've worked so hard to get? Vote now, and help to continue to spread the word." However, a local mom with some time on her hands did a quick search and found that THIS is the My Airy Library: So, looks like IT IS ON! We're less than 100 votes away this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 We just pulled ahead by 50 votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 We are ahead by over 300 now. Screw Mt. Airy. I'm going to push this pretty hard the last week or so of September to help ensure a proper stomping of Mt. Airy. (my brother lives a little over an hour away from mt. airy, so I can make it nice and personal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J008 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Mt Airy is up by 1,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poyea Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We are now getting crushed by ~2,000 votes. Mt Airy must have posted something on their 'Hoods newspaper, or school flyers, or banners behind airplanes. C'mon somebody. We have 115,000 views for the Wal-Mart topic, plus another (???) for the Historic Districts for chrissake!!! Mom's groups??? Where are ya?!?!?Rally caps ON!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Heights Kids has been posting daily reminders, but obviously some people aren't voting and I can't figure out why... Houston's famous apathy strikes again.In any case, I had a friend tell me I could use Chrome and hit command+shift+N and it opens a cookieless window. Last night while I was watching TV I was able to vote a bunch of times with very little effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 ....and I can't figure out why... Houston's famous apathy strikes again.It's the ADHD not apathy. Moving too soon gives Mt Airy time to respond and time for our ADHD Hipsters to move on to the next great thing. October 1 is what counts, start the push in the last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Houston's famous apathy strikes again.Houston is known for many things. Apathy has never been one of them.It is also not a good idea to insult the people you are asking to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 In any case, I had a friend tell me I could use Chrome and hit command+shift+N and it opens a cookieless window. Last night while I was watching TV I was able to vote a bunch of times with very little effort.Oh, you mean cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Houston is known for many things. Apathy has never been one of them.It is also not a good idea to insult the people you are asking to help you.30% voter turn out for our mayoral election = apathyI am not asking anyone to help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 30% voter turn out for our mayoral election = apathyI am not asking anyone to help me.Boston's mayoral election = 18%I don't think Houston voter apathy is either famous or infamous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISMDAVID Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 The Mount Airy library has pulled ahead by more than 25k votes. They appear to have mastered the multiple vote tip thats been shared. Is it time for us to toss in the white flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 The Mount Airy library has pulled ahead by more than 25k votes. They appear to have mastered the multiple vote tip thats been shared. Is it time for us to toss in the white flag?There are a lot of theories going around about it. Who knows. They were doing this from the get-go. You could refresh your window and they'd have 10+ new votes. For better or worse, there are no posted "rules" for this contest.A group of local families has decided to try and fundraise outside of the contest for Heights library but city bureaucracy is not making it easy. I'll update the forum if anything moves forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ready to blow Mt. Airy way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Patrick Feller has added a photo to the pool: Houston Public Library 1302 Heights Blvd Houston, Texas View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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