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I've lived in The Woodlands since 1995 and I'm on the November 3 ballot as an Independent for JP Precinct 3 (The Woodlands, Spring, and Magnolia areas).

Quick background: I'm a local attorney, arbitrator, and mediator. Earlier in my career I was a patent examiner, clerked for a federal judge and the Supreme Court of Ohio, and served as Chief Legal Officer of BlackBerry. Locally, I volunteer as a mediator with the Montgomery County Dispute Resolution Center and serve on the library advisory board.

Why the JP court? It's where most people actually meet the justice system: small claims, evictions, debt cases, traffic tickets, usually without a lawyer. In Texas, a JP doesn't have to be a lawyer either. I think the people's court should have a judge with real legal training who answers to the law, not a party.

Two things I'd like to do:

• Explore evening and Saturday sessions, so people don't have to lose a day's pay or take a personal day to be heard
• Hold free quarterly sessions on how to handle a small claims case

One thing I won't do is take positions on political issues. Judges shouldn't, and that's a big part of why I'm running without a party label. I've been heartened to see support coming from across the political spectrum. To me, that's what a local court should look like: people of every persuasion trusting they'll get a fair hearing.

I'll be here answering questions as I see them, but particularly today from 9 a.m to 12 noon. Ask me anything about the race, the JP court, or how small claims and evictions work in Montgomery County.

Early voting is October 19-30. More at electchuckmeyer.com

I’d like to get a large freezer and keep it in the garage. I read that a hot climate can make this difficult. The hot temperature will make the freezer overwork and fail.

Anyone keeping a freezer in their garage? Can you recommend a brand? Thanks much

Hey y’all just wondering if actually is “normal” or common to see cockroaches crawling around dining rooms in restaurants here?

I’m exploring the idea of opening a 3,200–4,300 sq ft bar with creative cocktails and a small, carefully curated food menu. The main focus would be the atmosphere and music—a space with character where people can relax, connect, and discover good music.
Do you think there’s an audience for this in The Woodlands? How difficult would it be to get started, especially with rent, permits, and startup costs? I’d love to hear from locals or anyone with bar or restaurant experience.

I’ve been thinking about starting a small group for people who want a space to have honest, open conversations about Christianity, the Bible, faith, doubt, apologetics, and some of the more difficult questions that don’t always fit neatly into a typical church setting.

The idea would be to make it welcoming to a pretty wide range of people - Christians who want to better understand apologetics and the reasons behind their faith, people who are questioning parts of Christianity, skeptics who are genuinely curious, or even people who don’t necessarily feel like they fully belong in a church right now but still want to learn more.

A little background on why I’m interested in this: I grew up Christian, but when I went to college I was exposed to a lot of different ideas and eventually reached a point where I would say I lost my faith. Over time, I came back to Christianity, and today I’ve actually become more comfortable leaning into the “faith” aspect of faith - recognizing that I don’t need to have a perfect answer to every question.

At the same time, I still really value asking hard questions, looking at different sources and perspectives, understanding the historical and philosophical arguments, and being willing to wrestle with complicated topics. Looking back, I wish there had been a group like that for me when I was questioning.

I’m not completely sure what the format would look like yet, and I’ve haven't organized anything like this before. My thought would be something informal - maybe pick a topic, question, passage, argument, book, podcast, or other resource, spend a little time discussing it, and then let the conversation go wherever it naturally goes.

The goal wouldn’t be to debate people into Christianity or pretending every question is answerable. It would just be a place to ask real questions, learn from one another, share ideas, better understand Christianity, and hopefully grow together.

If there’s enough interest, I’d be happy to organize an initial meetup, possibly at the George Mitchell Library, and put together a basic plan for the group.

You can check you registration status here (Montgomery County)

https://elections.mctx.org/vrlookup.asp?curLang=English

You can also check here, as well as research issues and candidates.

https://www.vote411.org/

It needs to be postmarked today.

You CANNOT register to vote online. Texas is one of 8 states that does not have online voter registration.

You can print applications out and fill them out but you MUST turn them in yourself or mail them (personally, I’d hand carry it to Election Central)

Most libraries will also have paper applications.

Everyone, PLEASE go double check your voter registration if you haven’t within the past couple weeks as Texas DPS had a system glitch and over 500k registrations done through them did not get routed correctly. There is no harm in filling out another if you don’t see yourself as registered.

This is how we change things, y’all. Do not let people who couldn’t care less about whether you can afford groceries or not make decisions for you.

i'm in katy n it feels like every laundry service in houston assumes everyone lives inside the loop, the wash n fold spots along westheimer and washington r all drop off only n that's a 25 to 30 min drive each way which turns laundry into a half day thing, like so i can do it at home?

i'm looking for something with real suburban coverage for pickup n delivery coz this city is way too spread out for everything to be centralized

anyone out in spring or sugar land or the woodlands found anything?

Does anyone remember the band Rhenium from Spring, TX? I am a huge fan and I love their music, most of it is online, but I wanted to make this post to ask if anyone had their CDs from back then? I've been searching for them to archive, but they seem to be pretty rare and I've come up empty-handed. Did anyone here have their CDs or knew where I could get them? Thank you, any help is appreciated.

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