A opinion post from a JV resident about the bonds. To Know mean NO A Perspective on Infrastructure Needs While I do believe in enhancing our infrastructure – including new city hall and community pool – I am against the current city management’s approach to these initiatives. It seems they […]
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Elections Matter This November 4th, you have an opportunity to elect warriors who will use our CFISD tax dollars wisely and work to improve our students’ education, with a focus on traditional academics, not social indoctrination such as DEI and other woke issues. Come to a meet and greet to […]
An Opinion Piece In this month’s Mayor’s Newsletter, the need for community spaces for Jersey Village was highlighted. Most, if not all, JV residents agree with this need. However, is the cost for renovations of the purchased church property REALLY NECESSARY? City Council is asking the citizens of […]
Tale of 2 Pools – How two similar pools got such different futures 1974 – 1975 JV POOL Jersey Village Pool was built and donated by Cameron Iron works. 1974 – 1975 WILCHESTER POOL Wilchester Pool built 2021-2023 JV POOL Updates included the pool house restroom fixtures and a pool […]
June 16, 2025 City Council meeting UPDATE: Following a constructive dialogue with the City Council, I initially left the meeting with the impression that the council might voluntarily rescind their notices of intent to issue Certificates of Obligation without requiring the official filing of our petition to block them. However, […]
Mayor Bobby Warren – announcement This afternoon, the city council unanimously voted to authorize the purchase of 4.2 acres of land from Champions Forest Baptist Church – Jersey Village. This property includes six buildings totaling over 54,000 square feet plus a covered, lighted outdoor recreation pavilion, located directly across Jersey […]
Residential Property Tax Concerns: This is not a summary of all of the comments made during the discussions in the meeting; however, there was a clear message regarding the desire to increase residential property taxes. Many of the JV Residents learned in the last few months how much “surplus funds” […]
The Taxable values in this chart are after all exemptions have been applied for the Taxing Jurisdiction so they represent the Taxable Value for that year assuming a 10% increase in Appraised Value by HCAD. Those values are calculated by multiplying Prior Year Value by 1.1 giving Current Year Value. […]
CITY OF JERSEY VILLAGE, TEXAS – PROPOSITION A Shall the City Council of the City of Jersey Village, Texas (the “City”) be authorized to issue bonds, in one or more series, in a principal amount not to exceed $10,100,000 maturing serially or otherwise over a period of years (not to […]
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs and “servicing the target” for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such […]