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Woodlands Incorporation - Proposition B - Legal Transfer(if Prop A passes) - FOR
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Woodlands Incorporation - Proposition B - Legal Transfer(if Prop A passes) - FOR

proposition

MCTP is FOR this proposition.

Upon incorporation of The Woodlands Township District into a Type-A General Law City to be called the City of The Woodlands, the transfer of the rights, powers, privileges, duties, purposes, functions, responsibilities, the authority to issue bonds, and the authority to impose taxes from The Woodlands Township District to the City of The Woodlands

Major Issues

Reasoning For Incorporation -

Local Control - closest government governs best - local residential governmental control mayor/ city council) is always more effective than a more distant, diluted un-influential county government (commisioners court) inherently influenced by developers and by their own self interests.
Law Enforcement - 1st year, no change. Years 2-5: Transition agreement to local control
Traffic Control - locally controlled by city (except State Hwy 242)
Road Planning, Maintenance & Speed Limits - Woodtrace(renamed from WPX) controls(no large trucks);

other than some dedicated left-turn lanes and flashing yellow lights, Pct. 3 commissioner really has done very

little for The Woodlands;

Ordinances - control over taxes, building codes, public safety, parking, noise & fireworks;
Development of Land/planning & tree preservation - while HHC has reportedly 8 more multi-family

developments in TW, we prefer Mitchells vision of no more high rises like Anadarko towers, only tree-top

buildings max in town center, not residential neighborhoods;

Drainage/Flooding - as a city, can establish and enforce drainage standards

Government

Elected town or city officials - by and large, unpaid, like now(exception would likely be City

Manager, occupied now by TW President and other paid employees;

Annexation by City of Houston or Conroe - permanently eliminated.

MISINFORMATION from the Anti-incorporation Side

The misinformation parroted/coming out of the Anti-incorpation side, based primarily on their own consultant using outdated information from 2019, has largely been debunked by the Township here and via the Chronicle here.

It's tantamount that the Township budget information, compiled by Ms. Monique Sharp(Asst. Fin. Dir of the Township) team, is scrutinized by Credit Reporting agencies, bondholders and banks that the Township must deal with. The Anti-incorporation side is not scrutinized by any agencies - only by the Township pointing our the inconsistencies of the developer/county driven misinformation campaign.

The in-depth videos from Township Board meetings regarding this can be found at:

Sept 16 {note: go to the 40 min mark where Todd Stephens discuss Cares/Act Arpa Funds and then to Monique Sharp(Township Asst. Dir. of Finance) at the 1 hour mark, where she corrects misinfo put out by the Anti-incorporation element}.

Sept 22nd updated rebuttals from the Township to more misinformation from the Anti-incorporation folks.

Sept 30th BOD Meeting.

The Anti-Incorporation folks are the same ones who gave us:

The Texas Conservative Tea Party Coalition (Fake Tea Party) - 2014
Keep Montgomery County Moving PAC - 2015 - formed by cronies to push through the 2015 Road

Bond (Woodlands Parkway Extension - WPX, which The Woodlands residents help to defeat soundly;

“Concerned Citizens PAC”(2016) that employed the 70% tax increase scare tactic;
Township ‘Back to the’ Future”(2019); and now
See who'$ backing them and their $630,000 spent here(30 day report - before the election) and here(8 day report). Most of whom are the poltically/chamber connected.
And now, throw in developer Howard Hughes Corporation. Here are HHC's filings to the Texas Ethics Commission (30 day report) and (8 day report) what they've spent ($122K) directly. (Not visible is their $153K in expenditures/In-Kind donation claimed by Preserve the Woodlands PAC above).
Together, they've spent over $750,000 (just up to Oct. 23rd) to defeat incorporation!!
It's estimated that they will have spent upwards of $1,000,000 to defeat the grassroots residents during this election, while deceptively claiming they're for the little guy.

Woodlands-Based GOP Precinct Chairs FOR Incorporation

Allison Winter (59) - Powell Elementary
Betty Anderson(31)- Grogans' Point/Alden Woods
Cathie Locetta(71) - Alden Bridge West
Curt Locklear (81) - Alden Bridge Central
David Smith (3) - May Valley
Donna McAleer(61) - Mitchell Library to Gosling
Jack Munich (70) - Cochrans Crossing
John Wertz (69) - Alden Bridge East
Kathy Ross (67) - N. Millbend/Maple Branch
Keith Lincoln (56) - Harpers Landing
Kenneth Earnest(6)- TW Country Club Players Course
Larry Rogers (75) - Windsor Hills/Lakes
Steve Lawrence (48) - Sally K. Ride Elementary
Sue Carranza (49) - David Elementary
Tom Lancaster (79) - Glenn Loch Elementary

For more information, go to:

Various Township-related Incorporation Topics and Videos

Special Board Meeting - August 13th - Incorporation Financial Model

An Independent website called forincorporation.com

Another Independent website called Residents for the Woodlands