Redistricting shifts much of Aldine into Precinct Two

NEW MAP with changes outlined in Red. Pct. 2 (Jack Morman) are colored in pink

By LUKE HALES Northeast News
The Harris County Commissioner’s Court has made some significant changes to the district map – and that means many area residents will soon have a new commissioner.
The redistricting motion, meant to equalize the populations in each commissioner’s district according to the 2010 Census, would shift approximately 100,000 citizens currently represented by Commissioners Steve Radack and Jerry Eversole in Precincts 3 and 4 to El Franco Lee’s Precinct 1 and Jack Morman’s Precinct 2.
According to the newly proposed map, Precinct 3 would remain the largest with 1.04 million residents, though slightly smaller than the 1.15 million from before. Precinct 1 would contain 1.04 million residents, a step up from 940,000.

Precinct 4 would lose a good number of constituents, dropping from 1.12 million to 1.02 million. Precinct 2 would stay the smallest, with only 991, 395 residents.
The biggest chunk of shifted territory would be seen in the county’s northeast, as Commissioner Morman – who ousted longtime position-holder Sylvia Garcia in Precinct 2 – would gain the Atascocita area and land around Lake Houston, both previously represented by Jerry Eversole. This move could benefit Morman, as the voters in his newly gained ground are traditionally more conservative and may potentially help Morman, a Republican, at the polls.
Also notable is the sizable change around Bush Intercontinental Airport. Commissioner Lee would have more roadways outside the city of Houston, which in turn would entitle his constituency to more infrastructure funding.
Hearings on the new redistricting map will be held at 6: 30 p.m. Monday, July 25 at the East Harris County Activity Center, 7340 Spencer Highway in Pasadena; at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 28 at the Harris County Cavalcade Office, located at 3815 Cavalcade Street in Houston; at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 29, at the Mangum-Howell Center, located at 2500 Frick Road in Houston; and at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1 at the Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center, located at 1414 Wirt Road in Houston.