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White Oak Bayou deserves to be a park! Help us save it from highway expansion!

Houston, TX
Joined July 2023
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We have a vision for a greener, healthier, happier Houston, with a centerpiece park that a world-class city deserves. Don’t let TxDOT take it away! Visit our website to learn how you can help save our green spaces from unwanted highway expansion. savewhiteoakbayou.org
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Thank you to all who wrote and called your representatives, and who shared our message with your friends and family. Our movement for a greener, healthier Houston is nothing without you! There is still much to fight for. Stay with us, our work is just getting started!
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ACT IMMEDIATELY!!!! Write ALL your city council members and tell them our parklands are not for sale! houstontx.gov/council/ City council will vote on the sale of a piece of White Oak Bayou Greenway to TxDOT for highway expansion.
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Regarding I-45, in 2020 I put forth an amendment to designate White Oak Bayou as a recreational park. If that amendment had passed, we would not be facing this situation with TX-DOT. @StopTxDOTi45 @mollycookrn #houcouncil #houstontx – at Houston, TX
Here’s the complete resolution. If Council Members could draft resolutions, it would give us the ability to advocate and legislate for our constituents more definitively. #Houston
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ACT IMMEDIATELY! The sale of a portion of White Oak Bayou Greenway to TxDOT for I-45 and I-10 expansion will be voted on by city council May 15th. Email or call your council members and tell them to vote no. houstontx.gov/council/
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Save White Oak Bayou retweeted
Had so much fun yesterday at the 11th Street festival talking to voters about @SaveWhiteOak and electing @MarioforHouston @NickHellyar @plummer4hou and all the Dems in the runoffs. If you’re in Houston, GO VOTE!! @gratifihouston
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Save White Oak Bayou retweeted
Houston and White Oak Bayou at their finest 🥹
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Let’s not take a wrong turn on the road to being a world-class city. 🌍🚧 Our city's heart beats green with parks, not gray with concrete! Remember in 2012 when we all said 'Yes' to a greener future with a $166M bond? 💰🌳 That was us voting for more bike trails, not bypasses!
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Houston ranks 71st in the country for green spaces and parks among large cities, there’s no excuse for turning more green into gray. Sign our petition and contact your elected officials at savewhiteoakbayou.org. #SaveWhiteOakBayou #ChooseGreenNotGray #HoustonParks #GreenSpace
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Save White Oak Bayou retweeted
If you want to claim the H from the burbs, you first have to tell us where you stand on the i-45 freeway expansion.
it's fine to say you're from a city even if you're actually from one of its suburbs
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Congratulations to our supporting candidates! 👏👏 @AbbieKamin has been re-elected in District C. @MarioforHouston , @CReyesRevilla , @NickHellyar , and @plummer4hou are in the runoff in their races. Be sure to vote on Saturday, Dec 9th!
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Vote yes on Props A and B in Tuesday's election! Prop A allows three or more city council members to add items to the city agenda, including the designation of new parks. Prop B allows Houstonians to have a fair say in funding infrastructure projects that will benefit us all.
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We would like to thank the candidates for Houston City Council that are supporting our plan. At-Large Position 2 @NickHellyar @hmfv1 @ObesForTwo At-Large Position 4 @CMPlummer4 District C @AbbieKamin District H @MarioforHouston @CReyesRevilla @SoniaforHouston
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Learn the real consequences of TxDOT's highway expansion plan. Houston deserves better. #SaveWhiteOakBayou
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Here's why this still matters. If we don't get the park designation this will happen. @SaveWhiteOak savewhiteoakbayou.org @CMPlummer4
Regarding I-45, in 2020 I put forth an amendment to designate White Oak Bayou as a recreational park. If that amendment had passed, we would not be facing this situation with TX-DOT. @StopTxDOTi45 @mollycookrn #houcouncil #houstontx
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Great turnout for our picnic to save White Oak Bayou! Thanks to @AbbieKamin @RepPennyMShaw @pervezagwan @mollycookrn @CReyesRevilla @MarioforHouston @SoniaforHouston @hmfv1 @KarthikForTexas Also thanks to @RepMorales145 @whitmire_john @EaDoBikeCo for your support!
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Picnic in the Park to savewhiteoakbayou.org was a huge success. Lots of highlights but worth mentioning @CMPlummer4 put us on this path. Now have public support from @AbbieKamin @MarioforHouston @hmfv1 @CReyesRevilla @NickHellyar Remember to vote FOR Prop A! @SaveWhiteOak
Regarding I-45, in 2020 I put forth an amendment to designate White Oak Bayou as a recreational park. If that amendment had passed, we would not be facing this situation with TX-DOT. @StopTxDOTi45 @mollycookrn #houcouncil #houstontx
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Join us on Friday 09/22 at 6 pm in Stude Park to savewhiteoakbayou.org Gonna be a picnic and several candidates will be there. It's an election year! Parks > dang freeways #stopI10elevation @SaveWhiteOak
Before. After. These green public spaces belong to us. It's outrageous that TxDOT can pave over White Oak Bayou. The entire corridor should be a park, like Buffalo Bayou. @HPARD @CMPlummer4 @StopTxDOTi45 @FredLindner
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Save White Oak Bayou retweeted
Speaking at @METROHouston, @EnriquePenalosa says that adding lanes to solve traffic congestion is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline. 🔥
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We can’t afford to lose the bayou greenways and parks that make our city special. It's time to make our voices heard! #SaveWhiteOakBayou Visit savewhiteoakbayou.org/take-a… to learn more.
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