Comments for InstantnewsBellaire.com http://instantnewsbellaire.com Constantly Updated Neighborhood News for Bellaire, TX Tue, 08 May 2012 21:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Bellaire’s Course of Action for Economic Development Remains Unclear by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/05/08/24878/comment-page-1/#comment-5555 robert riquelmy Tue, 08 May 2012 21:13:30 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=24878#comment-5555 Pat McLaughlan is correct, greed has made a mess of Bellaire. Pat McLaughlan is correct, greed has made a mess of Bellaire.

]]> Comment on Bellaire, West U Fire Departments Respond to Fire at Pin Oak Middle School by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/05/08/24867/comment-page-1/#comment-5554 robert riquelmy Tue, 08 May 2012 20:10:45 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=24867#comment-5554 The remaining and very important question is why the sprinkler nearest the fire did not activate. We hope that our good journalists will followup. The remaining and very important question is why the sprinkler nearest the fire did not activate. We hope that our good journalists will followup.

]]> Comment on Bellaire Rotary Names Former Mayor as Vocational Person of the Year by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/05/04/24738/comment-page-1/#comment-5522 robert riquelmy Fri, 04 May 2012 17:07:04 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=24738#comment-5522 Cut taxes, borrow money, spend the money and finally saddle the City with obligations in perpetuity. Cut taxes, borrow money, spend the money and finally saddle the City with obligations in perpetuity.

]]> Comment on Horn Elementary Holding Fundraiser for Bellaire Baby with Deadly Disease by Daniela http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/20/24268/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Daniela Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:08:37 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=24268#comment-5494 May God Bless This Sweet Precious Little Baby and Always Protect Her, Give Her The Strenght To Get Better So She May Live A Normal life. May God Bless This Sweet Precious Little Baby and Always Protect Her, Give Her The Strenght To Get Better So She May Live A Normal life.

]]> Comment on New Homestead Exemption Requirements Causing Confusion for Residents by Mark Quick http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/17/24166/comment-page-1/#comment-5380 Mark Quick Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:45:15 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=24166#comment-5380 Again the disabled are treated poorly. If you are disabled, bedridden, and own your house and have an auto immune disease for over fifteen years you aren't able to drive, so your TDL has expired. If you are a quadriplegic you don't pay your bills, so none of them are in your name. You don't own a motor vehicle, so now you need to have someone pick you up in a Hoyer Lift, put you in a wheel chair and take you to the Texas Department of Public Safety and expose you to all the hacking, sneezing, coughing people that you are protected from in your homestead. In trying to get the crooks the innocent always pay the price for politicians stupidity. Again the disabled are treated poorly. If you are disabled, bedridden, and own your house and have an auto immune disease for over fifteen years you aren’t able to drive, so your TDL has expired. If you are a quadriplegic you don’t pay your bills, so none of them are in your name. You don’t own a motor vehicle, so now you need to have someone pick you up in a Hoyer Lift, put you in a wheel chair and take you to the Texas Department of Public Safety and expose you to all the hacking, sneezing, coughing people that you are protected from in your homestead. In trying to get the crooks the innocent always pay the price for politicians stupidity.

]]> Comment on Byron Holloway Named Bellaire Chief of Police by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23973/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 robert riquelmy Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:23:46 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23973#comment-5318 No No

]]> Comment on Byron Holloway Named Bellaire Chief of Police by Lynn McBee http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23973/comment-page-1/#comment-5316 Lynn McBee Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:51 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23973#comment-5316 But was the position ever posted? But was the position ever posted?

]]> Comment on Byron Holloway Named Bellaire Chief of Police by Ezra Charles http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23973/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Ezra Charles Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:58:49 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23973#comment-5315 This is good news for the City of Bellaire. This is good news for the City of Bellaire.

]]> Comment on Byron Holloway Named Bellaire Chief of Police by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23973/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 robert riquelmy Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:43:26 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23973#comment-5314 This is not good news for the people of Bellaire. This is not good news for the people of Bellaire.

]]> Comment on Bellaire Police Arrest Drunk Driver with Toddler in Vehicle by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23968/comment-page-1/#comment-5313 robert riquelmy Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:04:55 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23968#comment-5313 Failed to use a turn signal. Sounds a pretext to me. Failed to use a turn signal. Sounds a pretext to me.

]]> Comment on Rice Baseball Team Blanks Tulane 5-0 Saturday to Claim C-USA Series by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/04/09/23955/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 robert riquelmy Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:05:30 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23955#comment-5311 How about some Bellaire news? I hear that employees are leaving. Who is being considered for Police Chief? How about some Bellaire news? I hear that employees are leaving. Who is being considered for Police Chief?

]]> Comment on Ozone Watch Issued, Sensitive Individuals Warned to Avoid Exposure by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/26/23629/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 robert riquelmy Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:44:29 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23629#comment-5180 If you want some bad gas please come to the workshop on Sunset Review tonight. If you want some bad gas please come to the workshop on Sunset Review tonight.

]]> Comment on City of Bellaire Affected by New Public Swimming Pool Requirements by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/22/23549/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 robert riquelmy Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:38:25 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23549#comment-5145 That is, "we are too cheap to comply and hope that we that ultimately we will not have to." That is, “we are too cheap to comply and hope that we that ultimately we will not have to.”

]]> Comment on Bellaire Police Chief Set to Retire in April by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/22/23558/comment-page-1/#comment-5143 robert riquelmy Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:56:00 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23558#comment-5143 It is our hope that the next Chief will be the best possible, regardless of cost, that can be had. Current or former members of BPD should be excluded as a matter of course. It is our hope that the next Chief will be the best possible, regardless of cost, that can be had. Current or former members of BPD should be excluded as a matter of course.

]]> Comment on Half the Battle: Council Allows Disabled Residents to Opt-Out of City Recycling by Mark Quick http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/20/23476/comment-page-1/#comment-5135 Mark Quick Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:57:28 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23476#comment-5135 Avioli for Mayor! Avioli for Mayor!

]]> Comment on City of Bellaire to Turn on S. Rice Cross Walk on April 2 by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/21/23528/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 robert riquelmy Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:31:36 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23528#comment-5133 and it only took four years! and it only took four years!

]]> Comment on Half the Battle: Council Allows Disabled Residents to Opt-Out of City Recycling by Corbett Parker http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/20/23476/comment-page-1/#comment-5116 Corbett Parker Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:46:04 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23476#comment-5116 Some additional background on my view regarding the revised Solid Waste Ordinance, and Opposition to Senior Exemption, Support of Handicap Exemption I voted for the revised ordinance not to make Bellaire residents to recycle (as others have stated as motivation) but to better apportioned the cost of the city providing solid waste collection service to the households utilizing more of that service. This ordinance does not force anyone to recycle, they just have to pay more if they use more of the city's solid waste collection service. Households that use more water, pay more for it. Households that require permitting, pay for those permits. The new scheme better apportions the costs of the city's service to the user of that service. Do you want to pay for your neighbors excessive water use? The new ordinance requires residents to pay more if the resident requires the city to pick up more of their solid waste, which costs the city money. The city pays for solid waste loads it takes to land-field, and is paid for those loads that are recycled. We learned last night that the city saved between $36K-173K last year from our recycling efforts. See Recycling Cost Analysis here = http://ci.bellaire.tx.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3842 I was supportive of exempting disabled households that are unable to utilize the city's recycling service. While there are numerous city services various groups pay for that they never utilize, I nevertheless felt it was appropriate to support this exemption...especially given how few households this applies to. However, I was unwilling to support the blanket exemption for seniors because it cost the city the same amount to pick up their recycling as other households recycling. Additionally, while only 3 seniors voiced the $2.50 monthly recycling fee being a financial burden, over twice that many seniors communicated that they felt seniors should not be exempted. Once again, I feel the revised ordinance better apportions the cost of city service to the user of that service, including seniors that are not disabled. While there are some tweaks to be made (such as holidays, high leaf periods, other issues brought up by residents), I feel it is a step forward for Bellaire. I feel that having the new policy in place for a couple months will give us good feedback (such as yours) on some tweaks that need to be incorporated into policy. Please let me know your comments by emailing me at cparker@ci.bellaire.tx.us Corbett Daniel Parker City Councilman- Position 3 Some additional background on my view regarding the revised Solid Waste Ordinance, and Opposition to Senior Exemption, Support of Handicap Exemption

I voted for the revised ordinance not to make Bellaire residents to recycle (as others have stated as motivation) but to better apportioned the cost of the city providing solid waste collection service to the households utilizing more of that service. This ordinance does not force anyone to recycle, they just have to pay more if they use more of the city’s solid waste collection service. Households that use more water, pay more for it. Households that require permitting, pay for those permits. The new scheme better apportions the costs of the city’s service to the user of that service. Do you want to pay for your neighbors excessive water use? The new ordinance requires residents to pay more if the resident requires the city to pick up more of their solid waste, which costs the city money. The city pays for solid waste loads it takes to land-field, and is paid for those loads that are recycled. We learned last night that the city saved between $36K-173K last year from our recycling efforts. See Recycling Cost Analysis here = http://ci.bellaire.tx.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3842

I was supportive of exempting disabled households that are unable to utilize the city’s recycling service. While there are numerous city services various groups pay for that they never utilize, I nevertheless felt it was appropriate to support this exemption…especially given how few households this applies to.

However, I was unwilling to support the blanket exemption for seniors because it cost the city the same amount to pick up their recycling as other households recycling. Additionally, while only 3 seniors voiced the $2.50 monthly recycling fee being a financial burden, over twice that many seniors communicated that they felt seniors should not be exempted. Once again, I feel the revised ordinance better apportions the cost of city service to the user of that service, including seniors that are not disabled.

While there are some tweaks to be made (such as holidays, high leaf periods, other issues brought up by residents), I feel it is a step forward for Bellaire. I feel that having the new policy in place for a couple months will give us good feedback (such as yours) on some tweaks that need to be incorporated into policy.

Please let me know your comments by emailing me at cparker@ci.bellaire.tx.us

Corbett Daniel Parker
City Councilman- Position 3

]]> Comment on Half the Battle: Council Allows Disabled Residents to Opt-Out of City Recycling by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/20/23476/comment-page-1/#comment-5115 robert riquelmy Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:44:25 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23476#comment-5115 AVIOLI FOR MAYOR! AVIOLI FOR MAYOR!

]]> Comment on Bellaire Area Under Wind Advisory Today, Storm System Moving in Tomorrow by robert riquelmy http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/19/23442/comment-page-1/#comment-5100 robert riquelmy Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:58:28 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23442#comment-5100 I read that British p.m. Cameron is asking for a plan to privatize their road network; perhaps there is lesson for Bellaire in that. I read that British p.m. Cameron is asking for a plan to privatize their road network; perhaps there is lesson for Bellaire in that.

]]> Comment on Jail term for Katy teacher busted in Bellaire by Hello Bellaire http://instantnewsbellaire.com/2012/03/05/23093/comment-page-1/#comment-4952 Hello Bellaire Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:30:03 +0000 http://instantnewsbellaire.com/?p=23093#comment-4952 Will we ever stop locking up people in possession of drugs? Let's lock up dangerous/violent criminals. The War on Drugs is a huge failure, and we shouldn't be wasting our tax dollars on prosecuting and incarcerating people like Ms. Shaw. Will we ever stop locking up people in possession of drugs? Let’s lock up dangerous/violent criminals. The War on Drugs is a huge failure, and we shouldn’t be wasting our tax dollars on prosecuting and incarcerating people like Ms. Shaw.

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