MINUTES: The minutes of the last WGIPOA meeting on March 21, 2015, will be on our website in a few days.
MEETING: The next meeting will be on April 18, beginning at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and coffee and 9:00 AM for the meeting at the Courtyard by Marriott located at 9550 Seawall Blvd.
PROGRAM: Property tax notifications are or are in the process of being sent out and with the improvement in the market, I am certain they will be higher than last year’s assessment. We are pleased again to have Cheryl Johnson, Galveston County Tax Assessor/Collector to be our guest speaker and have her great class, “How to Protest Your Property Taxes”. In addition, Cheryl will talk about the Bills she is working on and supporting in the current Texas legislative session.
NEWSLETTER:: We have another great edition of the Galveston Westender, one of the best. Please see the newsletter at http://www.wgipoa.com/tx/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/GalvestonWestender-2015Apr.pdf. The Articles Include:
- “32nd annual Congressional Art Competition”, Randy Weber, U.S. Congressman, District 14
- “Happenings at Galveston Reef”, Greg Bonnen, MD, State Representative, District 24
- “Update on the 84th Legislative Session”, Office of Larry Taylor, Texas State Senator, District 11
- “Legislative Progress”, Wayne Faircloth, State Representative, District 23
- “Resilience, a Texas Tradition“, Joe Giusti, Galveston County Commissioner, Precinct 2
- “Working in Austin”, Cheryl E. Johnson, RTA, Galveston County Tax Assessor Collector
- “Galveston Island Hidden Treasure”, John Kinard, District Clerk, Galveston County
- “District 6 Report”, Carolyn L. Sunseri, District 6 City Council Member
- “Protect with Respect”, Henry Porretto, City Chief of Police
- “Park Board to Assume Beach Maintenance Duties on Galveston’s West End”
- “Magic”, Peter Davis, Chief, Galveston Island Beach Patrol/Park Board Police Department
- “The Grand Grasspipers”, by Jim Stevenson, Editor of Gulls ‘n Herons Magazine and Director of the
Galveston Ornithological Society
- “Nesting Time is Here”, Carole Allen, Gulf Office Director, Turtle Island Restoration Network
- “Galveston Sales Statistics” provided by Sand ‘N Sea
- “Who’s Who – Boyd Carr”, Susan McKirahan-Gonzalez, CMK Property Management
- “Camels on the Beach“, Tom Linton, Galveston Resident and Scrivener
- “A Meth Lab on my Property??”, by Fran Card, CPA Graduate & Galveston Resident
- “UTMB Microscope Collection among the Best” provided by UTMB
- “Park Board to assume Maintenance Duties on Galveston’s West End”, Mary Beth
Bassett, Public Relations Coordinator, Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees
- “1% To Conserve Galveston Island™”, Artist Boat
- Upcoming WGIPOA Meetings
Upcoming Events:
Ongoing: Join the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and automatically become a member of the Texas Chapter. See www.asbpa.org and www.texasasbpa.org for details.
April 9 – 12, 2015: Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council 13th Anniversary of “Featherfest and Nature Photofest”. See details at: www.GalvestonNatureTourism.org
Oct. 13-16, 2015: ASBPA 2015 National Coastal Conference, Hotel Intercontinental New Orleans, LA. Details at www.asbpa.org
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on Saturday April 18, 2015, at the Courtyard by Marriott on the Seawall, starting at 8:30 with breakfast burritos and coffee and at 9:00 AM for the meeting.
Jerry Mohn
President