Source: Hudson Research 10/02/10
Note to Apple computer owners/users: You will not be able to view live-streaming of any of these public hearings (nor any commissioners court proceedings) because the county's taxpayer paid live stream software and system is not compatible with Apple's operating system. What a shame. We have raised this issue with the county's tech people, thus far to no avail. Our guess is there are a few thousand Apple users in this county (many in our public schools, publishers, graphics people, etc.) who are not being given equal access to this valuable "public" resource. This, at a time when Apple's share of the market is growing rapidly. Please join us in registering your support to add Apple to the county's live stream cart. You can start by contacting Ms. Chernow or your county commissioner. Thanks.Contact Laureen Chernow
Hays County Communications Specialist
laureen.chernow@co.hays.tx.us
Office: 512.393.2296
Hays County Courthouse San Marcos Tx – Hays County will hold public hearings on redistricting and invites residents to attend or to watch live on the Internet. Public hearings are scheduled for:
- Monday, July 25, at 6 p.m.
- Tuesday, August 9 at 1:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, August 16, at 1:30 p.m.
The above meetings will be held in the third-floor Commissioners Courtroom at the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, San Marcos. To watch the proceedings go to www.co.hays.tx.us/commcourtlive. The videos will also be archived on the website for viewing later.
To see the different versions of the proposed redistricting maps: ftp://ftp.co.hays.tx.us/gis/redistricting/
Additional Meetings (will not be streamed or archived) to show the proposed maps, answer questions and receive public comment:
July 16, 3-5 p.m. Precinct 2 Open House/Redistricting, 111 N. Front Street, Kyle
July 18, 7 p.m. at Hays Hills Baptist Church, Building A, 1401 N. FM 1626, Buda, hosted by Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones
July 19, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Old Kyle City Hall, 101 Burleson Street, Kyle, hosted by Commissioner Precinct 2 Mark Jones and Commissioner Precinct 4 Ray Whisenant
July 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. and July 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., both at the Precinct 4 Office, 195 Roger Hanks Parkway, Dripping Springs, hosted by Precinct 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant,
July 20 from 6-7:30 p.m., Precinct 2 Open House/Redistricting, 111 N. Front Street, Kyle
July 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hilliard Fire Station, 3300 Hilliard Road, San Marcos, hosted by
Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley and Precinct 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant
July 22 from 1-3 p.m., Precinct 2 Open House/Redistricting, 111 N. Front Street, Kyle
For more information, contact Commissioner Jones at 512.262.2091, mark.jones@co.hays.tx.us, Commissioner Whisenant at 512.858.7268, ray.whisenant@co.hays.tx.us, or Commissioner Conley at 512.847.3159, will.conley@co.hays.tx.us.
Please check back as more meetings may be added to this list. Updated 5 p.m. 15July2011.
10 comments:
As of this moment, no public meetings are being hosted by Commissioner Ingalsbe in her precinct. And Commissioner Conley is hosting, along with Comm. Whisenant, only one meeting -- in San Marcos. Conley will drone on in generalities--akin to praising Mom and apple pie--, but you'll go away unsatisfied from that meeting, feeling either unheard and/or unanswered.
If you feel that way, please stay home, nobody will miss you.
So nice to hear from you Commissioner Conley. Feel free to drop in and speak your peace any old time.
There is a lengthy article about Hays County precinct redistricting in the July 17 Austin paper, p.B1. It's "Proposed maps rile some in Kyle."
Commissioner Conley has scheduled his only informational meeting on precinct redistricting for July 21 at 8 p.m. in San Marcos. That is the night that HTGCD meets at 6 p.m. in Dripping Springs on HTGCD redistricting. The HTGCD meeting will probably run longer than usual because there will be wrangling about its redistricting. The upshot is that for any Precinct 3 (Conley) citizen who wants to go to the HTGCD meeting to give input, it will be almost impossible to get from DS to Comm. Conley's meeting in San Marcos at 8 p.m.
Mr. Conley, please change the date of your evening meeting so that Precinct 3 people can attend both HTGCD and precinct redistricting meetings.
Addition to Commissioner Whisenant's schedule:
He will also take questions on July 22 from 11 a.m.-2p.m. at the Precinct 4 Bldg.
Just look at how many public Q&A meetings the commissioners are willing to have to discuss precinct redistricting with us! Yet they won't hold even ONE such meeting to inform us about the LCRA purchases.
Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe has now decided to co-host a public redistricting meeting, along with Commissioner Mark Jones, on Wednesday, July 20. The meeting will be 6-7:30 p.m. at 111 Front Street, Kyle.
Hey Dude, UPGRADE to A PC running Windows 7!
Tonight (Wed, July 20) is the only time Commissioner Ingalsbe will be hosting a meeting on precinct redistricting (and it's not even being held in her own precinct.) It will be at 111 N. Front Street in Kyle, co-hosted by Commissioner Mark Jones.
A good question to ask them is, that since Ingalsbe's district will be way over-populated, why
doesn't she give up the excess people to Jones' precinct? Then his precinct wouldn't have to give up as much land to Precinct 4.
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