{"id":4184,"date":"2026-06-11T04:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:01:30","slug":"new-harris-county-flood-district-leader-needed-ahead-of-thursday-vote-local-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4184","title":{"rendered":"New Harris County Flood District leader needed ahead of Thursday vote, local expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>Chronically behind schedule, Dr.\u00a0Tina Peterson, leader of the Harris County Flood Control District, will tell Commissioner’s Court that she has a plan to get work on more than two dozen projects back on track and completed within 18 months without losing federal dollars.<\/p>

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Making that case will likely prove difficult given harsh criticism of the District’s past performance by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham as well as local experts like “Reduce Flooding Now” publisher Bob Rehak, who says Peterson needs to go.<\/p>

Rehak spoke in depth with FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan.<\/p>

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What they’re saying:<\/p>

Groogan: You have seen the life and death consequences of inadequate mitigation, up close and personal, correct?<\/p>

Rehak:\u00a0 I have. I live half a block from a creek that flooded badly during hurricane Harvey. The floodwaters from the San Jacinto River stopped at my driveway where they were launching rescue boats and I had 13 of my neighbors die during that flood.<\/p>

Groogan: I know you have seen the letter from the Texas Land Commissioner and what I like to call a report card or a job review on the Harris County flood control director and her Department. Your reaction to that?<\/p>

Rehak: We are coming up on the deadline real fast here, and they are not anywhere close to finishing the projects that are associated with the first $322 million worth of that money. They’ve got 4% of the projects built to date with eight months left, and the projects take at least a year or two to build and most of them haven’t even started yet.<\/p>

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