These remarks were posted as an effort to explain how things in today’s Jersey Village are much more complicated than in the early days of Jersey Village. “When the city was formed, and there had to be a group to manage the affairs of the city, so the city council […]
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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 […]
“I have a dream!” This was the special meeting scheduled to present the Jersey Village City Hall Village Center Project to the residents. Presentation comments were made by the current mayor and two prior mayors, along with people involved with the developer of the proposed project. As a side note, […]
Potential Bond Election: “I’ve always had the perspective that if it’s inexpensive to borrow money, then it’s better to go that route as opposed to spending everything that you have within your savings because you never know when you may have an emergency.” – Jersey Village City Council Member Sheri […]
Special Session Meeting of the City Council of the City of Jersey Village to be held on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Center Auditorium, 16327 Lakeview Drive, Jersey Village, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. SPECIAL SESSION ITEM 1. Consider Resolution No. […]
Why was the JV City Council so against other options for replacing the city pool? It does seem strange that they were so quick to shut down any discussions regarding alternatives and only wanted to work with one company for a new pool. Would it be possible that someone had […]
What is Good Governance, and why do we need it? The characteristics of good governance include: participation, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus-oriented, inclusiveness, effectiveness and efficiency, and accountability. While all of these are important, some individuals may put greater importance on some of these characteristics more than others. When […]
The Jersey Village Government is having a meeting to be held at 5:30 pm on September 12th, 2022, at the Civic Center before the City Council Meeting. The JV Government will be considering spending 7.9 million dollars on their new golf course and events center. This will cause higher residential property […]
If you want to know more about Certificate of Obligation and when they may be used as a funding source, here are links where that is explained in more detail. Certificates of Obligation and https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._local_gov’t_code_section_271.045 Before I get to the “WHY” Jersey Village City Council has chosen to use them […]
A lot of Jersey Village residents have moved here during the past twenty years, and many of them assume what exists today has always been the same. To explain “what was and what wasn’t” would require a document that tells the history of JV, and that is not the purpose […]