Renewable energy by day, community organizer with @stoptxdoti45 & @fairforhouston by night.
Houston, TX
Joined June 2016
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Michael Moritz retweeted
@MollyforTexas has filed 6 bills today and this is one of them! Fantastic news for freeway fighters! @rethink35 nohighernowideri10.com
@michael_ulf
Michael Moritz retweeted
Some surprising urbanist bills coming out of #txlege bill filing:
-Abolishment of cities' minimum parking requirements (@Menendez4Texas)
-Abolishment of cities' minimum parking requirements for bars (@RepWalle)
NEW: Expanding Medicaid. Boosting the minimum wage. Ending tax breaks for data centers.
Those ideas and more were among the first bills filed by Texas Dems in a new era of lawmaking under a Dem governor & divided Texas Legislature.
texastribune.org/2026/11/09/… @TexasTribune #txlege
Michael Moritz retweeted
For too long, it was harder to use a City facility to dispose of trash than to vote in Houston.
We just changed that! Now, residents only need to provide either provide your driver's license OR a utility bill to utilize a City trash drop-off center - you no longer need provide both documents with matching addresses anymore.
Find your nearest neighborhood drop-off and recycling center at:
HoustonTX.gov/solidwaste/dep…
Michael Moritz retweeted
If a company receives a City tax break, Houston workers who should receive fair deal in return.
Houston City Council just passed my tax break ordinance amendments that do just that. Going forward, Houston will now require companies receiving a City tax break to provide higher wages, health insurance benefits, workers’ compensation, and stronger worker protections.
This ordinance ensures our economic growth creates good jobs and that workers share in the benefits.
Michael Moritz retweeted
The former Texas House speaker and Paxton antagonist on why he’s buying a blue wave: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
John Cornyn on Ken Paxton audio leaks:
"Got to be more careful when you run with the big dogs"
semafor.com/article/10/08/20…
Michael Moritz retweeted
texans: can we have some trains?
txdot: how about "air taxis"?
Launching a new way to fly in Texas. We’re kicking off a pilot program to test what are commonly called “air taxis” at an event in Fort Worth with @SecDuffy @USDOT #TxDOTAviation
I genuinely want to know if Republicans find this remotely compelling, especially all of the Republican leaders quote tweeting their praise for it. It is pure slop to me.
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Michael Moritz retweeted
The Bike Bus movement is growing in Houston! axios.com/local/houston/2026…
Austin is on pace for a fourth consecutive year of streets getting safer for drivers, pedestrians, and motorcyclists. The same cannot be said for Houston, where our mayor has abandoned #VisionZero.
After a fatal scooter crash on Mopac this morning, here’s a look at some crash data from Vision Zero. This includes fatalities and serious injuries. 2026 data goes up to mid-August.
fox7austin.com/news/deadly-c…
@fox7austin
Michael Moritz retweeted
Houstonians deserve HPD transparency and accountability.
Today, HPD senior leadership skipped their scheduled Public Safety Committee to discuss the first quarterly immigration transparency report, which showed HPD made more than 100 calls to ICE in three months.
Further, City Legal instructed HPD’s civilian substitute presenter not to explain where they were or answer questions about relevant policy and operations, citing litigation privilege to evade public accountability.
Michael Moritz retweeted
what's annoying about the wnba trans athlete blow up is that no trans people are involved in it. no trans player is dominating the league, there's not a trans college player who might get drafted, no trans women demanded to play. all the trans women are purely hypothetical here
Michael Moritz retweeted
Tomorrow, City Council will put our Right to A/C Ordinance to a vote.
I was grateful to hear from community members, leaders, and advocates on why they believe air conditioning should be a basic health and safety standard for all Houston renters.
Michael Moritz retweeted
By some estimates, 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ+. A first-of-its-kind emergency shelter in Houston aims to help queer youth that have "no where else to go." chron.com/culture/article/ho…
Michael Moritz retweeted
People struggle to understand the remote nature of Big Bend.
In 2015 I flew a plane around the entire border of Texas and photographed it from the air. It took 6 days to complete the trip. Big Bend alone was one full day of flying and photographing.
Both sides of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, are hundreds of miles of the most inhospitable, yet beautiful desert landscape. The Chihuahuan Desert is unforgiving country. A place with massive rock cliffs and very little terrain you can traverse by foot safely.
The visitor rate in the park is on the lower end compared to more accessible parks like Yosemite and The Great Smoky Mountains, but its popularity among those who have actually visited is astounding.
In fact, this summer I was camped in the Smoky Mountains next to an older couple who travels the country in their RV.
Being from North Carolina they had spent a lot of time there as well as many of the parks in the West.
They saw my ¡Viva Terlingua! sticker and asked if I’d been. I told them that I’d spent about a week in Big Bend for the last 19 years and got out there any time I could.
They said they took the desolate drive along State Highway 90 through Sanderson on their way out. It was on the husband’s bucket list to visit and it was by far his favorite park now that he had.
The untouched, rugged, austere nature of that area is the feature that draws people in and leaves a lasting impression.
If you’re at a loss to understand why there’s such an uproar over construction of a road barrier through Big Bend Ranch State Park and BBNP, then it’s my belief that you’ve likely never been. Because if you had, you’d understand.
