How to BEST register your opposition

We've gotten some very helpful feedback from "friends in Austin" on how to make your calls and emails to elected officials as effective as possible.

Here's the key--include your name, physical home address, and phone number.

This information will allow Rep. Riddle's and Senator Patrick's staffs to confirm that you are a constituent... and that will give their opinions much greater weight when communicating with the TDHCA board and bureaucracy. If you already contacted Riddle or Patrick and didn't include that information, contact them again and include the data they need.

Also, if you are emailing, include the phrase "Stop Gosling Oaks" in the subject line. These offices get hundreds of emails every day on all sorts of issues, and a clear-cut, uniform subject line will help staff quickly and easily register your opposition into their database.

We gave out contact information for some "district directors" earlier, but it turns out it is better for you to send emails directly to the "official" office-holder's account, as they are better set-up to handle/document (and not accidentally lose) your communication.

So again--these are the two elected officials in Austin you need to be contacting, asking them to help you "Stop Gosling Oaks."

State Representative Debbie Riddle
debbie.riddle@house.state.tx.us
281.537.5252

State Senator Dan Patrick
dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us
713-464-0282

Already today we've learned much more information, which we are processing before revealing publicly... stay tuned to SGO for updates later today--and in the meantime, spread the word!