DEPARTMENTS
5 Essentials Note
6 Government
22 From Mike Tenney’s sports desk
27 Real Estate
29 Wired to Nature
Editor
Charlotte Aguilar
Charlotte@EssentialsMagazines.com
Contributing writers
Eric Duran
Andrew Friedberg
Bob Higley
Ken Hoffman
Jane McNeel
Mike Tenney
Graphic Designer
Danielle Chavez
Danielleannchavez@gmail.com
Publisher
George Boehme
George@EssentialsMagazines.com
Advertising
713-540-0293
George@EssentialsMagazines.com
Contact Us:
3005 Robinhood, Houston, TX 77005
George@EssentialsMagazines.com
www.EssentialsMagazines.com
Essentials is mailed monthly to all
homes and businesses in ZIP codes
77401, 77005.
We do not necessarily endorse views
expressed in the articles and adver-tisements.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Advertising claims are fully
the responsibility of the advertiser. We
encourage our readers to support our
advertisers. Please recycle.
Page 4 | THE ESSENTIALS
for
City Council
Position 2
Bellaire needs new leadership!
1. Smart Budgeting They raised your taxes
again - 18% over 4 years - it has to stop!
2. Plan for the City of Homes Zoning
should protect value in our homes. Local
businesses need to be respected.
3. Flood Mitigation & Safety As a Ph.D.
geologist, I can help with flood mitigation.
4. Transparency & Listening I will listen
and read your written comments.
See me at BetterPlan4Bellaire.com
Pol.Adv. paid for by Catherine Lewis
To the vast southeast Texas audience of
ABC-13 television, Tom Koch is a soothing
and reliable presence through good news
and bad in the mornings, marking his 37th
year at the station. To Bellaire residents,
he’s a neighbor who’s a stalwart emcee and
staunch supporter of community events —
and who suffered along with them during
Hurricane Harvey. Ken Hoffman gives us
insights into one of the nicest guys around.
29
On The Cover
In this month of Thanksgiving (and watching our Houston
neighbors struggle with basic services and an election that’s
viciously personal), we cast an admiring glance at how West U’s
city government is tackling quality-of-life issues large and small,
and Bellaire’s bi-annual exercise in democracy as it gets ready to
elect a mayor and three councilmembers.
CONTENTS
30
Big wilderness cats and elephant-like
creatures roaming Bellaire
and West University? Our resident
naturalist tells the fascinating
tale of what inhabited this prairie
before the humans.