YES on Prop B - Fair for Houston
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Vote YES on Prop B!! Houston deserves fair representation on the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Press: houstongalvestonareapac @gmail .com
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Thank you to every voter, supporter, volunteer, and donor who made the passage of Proposition B possible. We are hopeful for what fair governance will mean for the future of our region. This campaign shows that if you meet people at their door, year-round, anything is possible!
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BIG NEWS: We just got the call from the Houston City Secretary that our signatures are approved!
Once an ordinance is passed by City Council, we will be officially on the ballot this November! Get ready, y'all! It's time for fair representation for Houston!
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EARLY VOTE RESULTS ARE IN!! PROPOSITION B is at 63.57%!!! We are still waiting for election day to call it, but we are incredibly excited.
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1/Fair for Houston is incredibly proud to announce that today, July 5th, 2023, we handed in 23,665 verified signatures from registered Houston voters in support of our charter amendment to the Houston City Secretary. We eagerly anticipate inclusion on the November 2023 ballot.
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We have the power to affect real, winnable, structural change for Houston. Watch the video to learn more and then donate or sign up to door-knock at . It's time for fair funding, opportunities, and representation for Houston!
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BIG NEWS: Fair for Houston is officially Proposition B on the ballot this November! Tell your family, tell your friends, tell your neighbors: vote YES on Prop B this November for fair representation for Houston!!
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We are honored to be endorsed by the
@HLGBTQCaucus
. The Fair for Houston charter amendment is about fair representation and democracy for every person in our region, and we are ready to win this November!
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We are ready to pass Proposition B this November!! This is a people-powered campaign and we are so grateful to each and every volunteer who comes out to spread the word!! Want to get involved or learn more? Go to ✨
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Every Houston and Harris County rep on H-GAC opposed the widening of Interstate 45 in Houston, but they were outvoted by surrounding counties. If we want to stop future freeway widenings in Houston, we have to fix our representation on H-GAC. Help us make it happen.
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Houston isn't getting a fair deal at the Houston-Galveston Area Council. It's time for a change.
Join the fight for fair representation for the City of Houston at ! Sign up to volunteer, sign the petition, and donate!
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Reminder: when accounting for population, a resident of Colorado County has 52x the amount of voting power on H-GAC’s board of directors as a resident of the City of Houston. We can fix it, join our final push to get on the ballot by signing up below
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Today, the Transportation Policy Council decided to disrespect and reject a reasonable motion from the City of Houston to continue negotiating a fairer voting system for our region. We will release a statement soon. Until then, read our allies' statements in the thread below.
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Front page of the Houston Chronicle, again!✨ Thanks for the feature,
@HoustonChron
@eliz_sander
!!
The momentum for fair representation for Houston is growing! Go to to sign up for our newsletter and stay in the loop.
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First YES on Prop B block walk is in the books from Eastwood Park! We are so excited to be back out and talking to voters about why they should vote YES on Proposition B this November!!
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The Fair for Houston charter amendment is now officially on the November 2023 ballot!! We will update you with a Proposition letter when we know. The current status quo is not working for Houston or the region and the cost of not fixing it is too high. Let's do this, y'all!
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Vote YES on Proposition B this November to ensure that EVERYONE in the region has a fair voice and fair representation in important decisions about how billions of dollars are spent. Learn more and get involved at .
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Thank you
@0liviajulianna
for the shoutout! Every single donation makes a huge difference in helping reach the voters of Houston! Just $10 gives our volunteers the resources they need to knock on the doors of 75 voters. Help us make it happen ✨
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Retweet! Text your friends, coworkers, family and remind them to vote YES on Proposition B tomorrow!! Every single vote matters, especially in municipal elections. We can do it!! It’s time for fair representation for Houston!
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YES on Prop B is thrilled to be endorsed by the Houston Black American Democrats
@HouBlackDems
. Our deepest thanks to the voting members.
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We are now in the final month and a half to get
@fairforhouston
on the ballot! Can you bring a petition to your book club? Your church? The bar? Do it! Every signature counts. You can download the petition on our website and we’ll come by and pick it up once it’s filled out.
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@Nerd4Cities
Thanks so much for featuring our fight for fair representation for Houston, and a better future for the whole region! We are a small, grassroots team & we need all the help we can get to reach voters! Donate at , & vote YES on Prop B!
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Everyone deserves to know and understand the systems that affect their everyday lives. We believe if Houston voters understand the issue, they will vote YES on Prop B this fall, and we are committed to this education! Help us make it happen ✨
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We’re are out at the polls every day from 7-7!! Make a plan to vote YES on Proposition B, call and remind your friends and family to vote YES, and sign up for a shift at the polls!! All hands on deck, y’all ✨🫡☀️
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1/The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is a regional council of local governments geographically centered around Houston. The council comprises thirteen (13) counties and the cities/towns within those counties. THREAD
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The
@fairforhouston
team was honored to attend the
@HLGBTQCaucus
endorsement meeting this weekend. With their endorsement and your support, we will win this November! Help us make it happen by donating at
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Yes on Prop B - Fair for Houston is honored to have earned the endorsement of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, following a unanimous vote by their union delegates. With their help, we will pass Proposition B this November!
@gcaflcio
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Houston-area voters are on track to approve all three local ballot measures. Here's what they do.
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“I encourage all Houstonians to vote yes on Proposition B this November, and I look forward to negotiations to adapt the H-GAC bylaws to meet a more population proportional requirement.”
Thank you
@RodneyEllis
for endorsing Proposition B!
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It's what you've all been waiting for: time to request a ✨YES on PROP B✨ yard sign!! Go to and one of our amazing volunteers will drop it off in your yard!! Let's spread the word, y'all!
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UNANIMOUS endorsement for Proposition B from BOTH panels of mayoral candidates at the Mayoral Forum on Transportation this morning!!TY
@airallianceHOU
@LINK_Houston
#APATx
@AIAHoustonArCH
#BlueprintHouston
@BikeHouston
#CitizensTransportationCoalition
for hosting! Let’s win!!
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We are excited to announce that
@CGHollins
has endorsed YES on Proposition B! Join Chris tonight for a Prop B block walk at 5:45 PM leaving from Doshi House! It's time for fair representation for Houston!
@gcaflcio
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Did y’all know that
@FairforHouston
was front page of July 6
@HoustonChron
, above the fold? ✨ Join us TONIGHT to celebrate everyone’s hard work that got us this far, and learn what's next! 7-9PM at Echoes (900 Richmond). See you there!!
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“Rarely do we get a chance to help alter the fundamental levers of power behind big decision-making bodies. This election, you do. Vote “For” Prop B.”
Thank you to the Editorial Board for their endorsement!! It’s time for fair representation and together we can make it happen!!
Vote ‘For’ on Prop B to give Houston, Harris County more say in region’s growth (Editorial)
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A generous donor has agreed to MATCH donations up to $15,000! Can you chip in today to help us meet it? Every dollar spent on this campaign is an investment in a better future for Houston!!
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Thank you
@LinaHidalgoTX
for endorsing Proposition B!! It’s not fair that Houston and Harris County represent 63% of the population served by the TPC but have only 18% of the votes! We need a fairer say, so vote YES on Prop B to make it happen!
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We celebrated passing Prop B tonight with our amazing team of volunteers who door knocked, phone banked, lit dropped, and talked to their neighbors. Thank you to everyone who made this happen. A better future for Houston is possible, and we will keep fighting for it!
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"In our conversations with leadership at H-GAC and with elected officials, it became evident that this effort isn’t about strong-arming the region. It’s about improving the regional planning process for everyone."
"Vote ‘For’ on Prop B"
@HoustonChron
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Awesome turnout for our Saturday morning block walk!! We have another one tomorrow night, Sunday, September 10, 2023 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Cherryhurst Park!! Sign up and join us ✨
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Rain 🌧️ or shine ☀️, we are out walking to help Houstonians get a fair say about what infrastructure projects happen in our city! Join us this weekend and help collect petition signatures to get this charter amendment on the ballot.
Sign up 👇
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Tomorrow, Houston City Council will pass an ordinance placing the Fair for Houston charter amendment on the ballot this November. Our goal is to raise $10,000 this week to get ready for our Proposition letter. Share and make a donation at
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PROP B PROP B PROP B PROP B!!!! Thank you to our amazing volunteers!!! Out all day across the city!! Polls are open till 7pm and you can vote anywhere in Harris County! Find a polling location at ✨
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1/Want a deeper dive into why we need population proportional voting on our regional government, the Houston-Galveston Area Council? Check out this fantastic article by Brian Barr on
@januaryadvisors
. In a rush? Summary thread below!
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Sometimes a pie chart makes everything clear. Houston and Harris County make up 62.6% of the population represented by H-GAC, but only have 17.9% of the voting power! Do you think that’s fair? Absolutely not!
#FairforHouston
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A fair voting structure on the H-GAC could mean great things for Houston, but we need YOUR help to get this issue on the ballot.
We’ve got FIVE upcoming signature collection events this week, so check your calendar, grab an umbrella, and come join us!
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It’s the last day of early voting!! Polls are open until 7PM! Get out and vote YES on Proposition B and remind your friends and family!! It’s time for fair representation for Houston!! If you see us, say hello!!
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We’re out across the city all night dropping of poll kits for our amazing volunteers who will be greeting voters tomorrow!!! If you’d like to help at a poll but haven’t signed up, drop by West Gray anytime tomorrow and we can give you a kit and a place to go! GO TEAM!!
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We had our biggest weekend yet with the best volunteers ever!! Let’s keep the momentum going in the home stretch, y’all! Sign up to verify signatures or door knock this week at ✨
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BIGGEST BLOCK WALK EVER! Over forty incredible volunteers showed up to collect signatures today. We are so grateful. Let’s get this on the ballot!! Sign up for a door knock this week! ☀️
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“This charter amendment is activated through the city of Houston, but surrounding areas like Harris County, Montgomery County, and Fort Bend County will all also be more fairly represented.”
@JudgeKPGeorge
@RodneyEllis
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Have y’all marked your calendar for our campaign launch TOMORROW, Thursday, March 15th from 6-8PM at Axelrad! This is an opportunity for real, winnable, structural change for Houston, come learn more! 💥
#FairforHouston
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2/Thank you to everyone who has supported this phase of the campaign, especially our door-knockers & signature verifiers. We could not have done this without the over 200 volunteers who door-knocked across Houston in the heat and rain, up to 7 days a week, for the past 5 months.
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"(The proposal) grew out of engaged residents of Houston paying attention to a body that has flown under the radar for decades. We're finally putting our foot down, saying enough is enough & it doesn't make sense." -
@MollyforTexas
Thank you
@AZuvanich
!
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3/We are on a path to improve regional outcomes and shape visionary policy. Join us on July 12th from 7-9pm at Echoes to celebrate and learn what's next! We have the power to create fair representation for our city, let’s make it happen.
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✨TWENTY-ONE✨ amazing, generous, brilliant volunteers just headed out to block walk from Grand Prize! If you see them, sign the petition!! We are officially in our final week of signature gathering, let’s finish it out!! Sign up for a block walk this week to bring it home!
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In 2019 almost 55% of the total vote was cast on Election Day. Whether we win or lose happens this weekend and it happens at the polls on Tuesday. We are fired up and we can do it! Sign up for one last lit drop or a shift on election day and let’s WIN!! ✨
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“Even when Houston’s representatives have felt strongly about something, those views were not getting at least incorporated into what was getting funded, the biggest barrier was that the board structure isn’t responsive.”
@CityLab
@megankimble
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YES on Prop B has been hard at work giving presentations at civic clubs and superneighborhoods across Houston! Would you like us to come by yours? Send us an e-mail at houstongalvestonareapac
@gmail
.com and we’ll be there!
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Missed our Saturday blockwalk? No worries, join us Sunday, April 2 at 3pm at Menil Park! New volunteers always welcome, we’ll train you and send you out with an experienced door knocker!
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Inequality on H-GAC’s board also manifests in race & ethnicity. Areas with a larger voting share by pop. tend to be more White. Areas with a smaller voting share by pop. — Houston & Harris County — are more diverse. We can change that. Join us & get
@fairforhouston
on the ballot!
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Proposition B is proud to be endorsed by every leading Houston Mayoral candidate. No matter who you vote for this November, join them in voting YES on Proposition B for fairer representation for Houston, and a fairer future for the region!
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Thank you to all our amazing volunteers who came out to door knock this morning! We’re about to start picnic-ing, so say hello if you’re nearby!! We’re down to TEN MORE BLOCKWALKS until early voting, sign up and let’s win!!
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We are out at the polls working hard to pass Proposition B!! It’s vital that we show up in these final two weeks to give voters the info they need to make an informed choice. Want to help? Send us a DM to sign up for a poll shift!! Let’s WIN this!!
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We are honored to be endorsed by so many groups working hard for Houston. Proposition B is an opportunity for generational change. Donate, sign up to volunteer, and get ready to vote!
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Our INCREDIBLE volunteers are out knocking non-stop until the end!! Sign up for a block walk to join them and get us across the finish line!! Have a completed petition? Mail it by June 27, or drop it off at an event by July 1!
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Incredible turnout on a Sunday night for our FINAL SIGNATURE COLLECTION BLOCK WALK!! We’ll be here until at least 9pm so if you have petition sheets to drop off, stop by West Alabama Ice House and we’ll take them!
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POLLS ARE OPEN AND WE ARE OUT!! Remind EVERYONE you know to vote YES on Prop B!! It’s time for fair representation for Houston!!!!!
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Join us next Sunday November 19th for a celebration and volunteer appreciation party from 4-7PM at West Alabama Ice House! We passed Prop B with 65% of the vote! Let’s celebrate ✨
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Thank you
@gcaflcio
for all you do to protect and fight for the working families of the region! YES on Prop B is proud to be endorsed by the Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation!
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Ollie, our fluffiest volunteer, lit dropped 300 doors in his neighborhood with his owner Danielle!! You can help Ollie pass Prop B by coming out for a lit drop this weekend!! Sign up at ✨
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Missed the fun on Saturday? Join us for a blockwalk on Sunday!
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“This campaign is fundamentally optimistic. It's about the agency that Houstonians have to not just change H-GAC’s structure, but once the changes are in place, have elected officials who can actually act for their constituents.”
@ChengYilun
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What better way to love the earth and your city than to organize for a more just allocation of infrastructure and flood mitigation dollars?
Join
@fairforhouston
and
@airallianceHOU
this Earth Day to knock on some doors and talk to voters about fair representation on the H-GAC.
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Y'all. The Transportation Policy Council just voted to open its committee on board composition for if Prop B passes! TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN we desperately need more volunteers at the polls & lit-dropping voters!
DM us for the polls & sign up to lit drop at
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$5 sends personalized postcards to 12 voters
$10 gives our volunteers the resources they need to knock on the doors of 75 voters
$20 pays a canvasser to knock doors for an hour
$50 helps us reach a neighborhood with digital ads
Help us make it happen.
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Team Prop B is all over the city this weekend!! From events with
@LINK_Houston
and Houston Federation of the Teachers to block walks we are getting the word out!! You can help by requesting a FREE yard sign at and sharing the link with your friends!
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We have 17 days until early voting begins, so let's get out there & pass Proposition B this November!! Block walk tonight at 5:30PM with
@gcaflcio
and then tomorrow at 10AM we'll be at Menil Park for a block walk and picnic! Sign up & let's win!
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We are honored to be endorsed by the
@GHDemsClub
! It’s time for our regional government to have population-proportional voting that supports everyone! Let’s make it happen!
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Two great chances to block walk before the weekend! Only ELEVEN block walks left to help win this thing!!
Tonight at 5:30PM at Moody Community Center
Friday at 5:30PM at Madison Park with our friends
@gcaflcio
&
@LaurenAshleyHTX
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We got a great shot of the eclipse today! Even the cosmos say vote YES on Prop B, it’s destiny. Help make it happen by signing up to block walk or phone bank 🫡
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"Campaigners said they have collected more than 23,665 signatures, more than enough to put a proposed charter change on the ballot." Thank you
@mgsledge
@houstonlanding
for covering today!
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Y'all. It's time to vote YES on Proposition B!!
Find your polling center at and let's pass Proposition B this November!!
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We are grateful to every supporter of YES on Proposition B! As we move up to early voting, we want to share some of the many incredible leaders who have endorsed the campaign! More soon!
Sign up to volunteer & donate to get us across the finish line at ✨
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It's now less than two weeks until early voting. We are a scrappy, grassroots campaign. Every single dollar helps us reach more voters, and we need your help. Share this post, donate today, and let's WIN fair representation for Houston this November!
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Thank you
@jayjordan
and
@axios
for making YES on Prop B the ✨One Big Thing✨ last week! We can’t wait to get Proposition B passed this fall! Want to be a part of it? Hop on our volunteer all-call TONIGHT from 5:30-6:30PM on zoom!!
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Great turnout for our campaign launch at Axelrad! No rain will keep us from our fight for fair funding, fair opportunities, and fair representation for Houston! We’re here till 8PM, come hang out!
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“Don’t throw tomatoes at me, but at the end of the day, I think a lot of those groups are just groups where there’s a lot of talk going on.”
Mayoral candidates are calling for more community input to solve transportation woes.
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Thank you to
@HoustoninAction
for convening a group of people and organizations working toward health justice in Houston and Harris County. We were honored to be invited. Health justice is not possible while we are underrepresented on the H-GAC.
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We are reaching more Houstonians than ever to talk about Prop B, including many new faces here! We’re going to spend the next week on socials going back to the basics of Proposition B and why we need to pass it to give Houston a fair shot! Sign up to help!
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1/What you've all been waiting for is finally here: YES on Prop B's campaign is kicking off in full force! We start off with our volunteer all-call tomorrow night from 5:30-6:30pm on zoom! Sign up at to learn about our strategy and how YOU can help!
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We are BACK AT IT!! Have you signed up for our kick-off blockwalks this weekend? Talking to voters at the door is key to winning this November, so let’s make it happen! Sign up at
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Incredible crew of volunteers out block walking today! We are out almost every day talking to Houston voters about
#FairforHouston
and why Houston need proportional representation on H-GAC! Want to block walk with us? Sign up at !
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Houston deserves a fair say on the H-GAC. Come out and help us collect petition signatures to make it happen! We’ve got four block walking opportunities this week! Sign up at .
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We’ve got an exciting weekend of signature collection ahead! Join us for blockwalks with socials to follow on each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Sign up links and details in thread below ⬇️
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Morning crew of cuties headed out to lit drop voters!! Not pictured: four other door knockers who were already out hitting doors! Have you signed up to help hand out lit on election day? You still can at !
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TODAY!! Join us at West Alabama Ice House from 4-7 PM to celebrate the passage of Proposition B ✨see you there!
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