Laserfiche WebLink
<br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />l <br /> <br /><.. <br /> <br />\~. <br /> <br />it. <br /> <br />(" <br /> <br />Februa' 28, 1984 <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Knox W. Askins, Esq. <br />City Attorney <br />P. O. Box 1218 <br />La Porte, TX 77571-1218 <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Askins: <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />This is in reference to the annexation (Ordinance No. 1393 <br />(1983)) . to the City of La Porte in Harris County, Texas, submitted <br />to the Attorney General pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights <br />Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1973c. We received your <br />,submission on December 30, 1983. Although we noted your request for <br />expedited consideration, we have been unable to respond until this <br />time. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />After a careful examination of the initial submission, we have <br />determiped that the information sent is insufficient to enable the <br />Attorney General to ~etermine that the proposed change does not have <br />the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the <br />right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language <br />minority group. <br /> <br />To enable us to evaluate this change p~operly, please provide <br />the following information: <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />1. Inauiry: The current total population and number of <br />registered voters~ by race and Spanish origin, for each councilmanic <br />district in the city. . <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />ResDonse: See Exhibit A attached <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />. 2. Inquirv: Election returns, by voting precinct, for all <br />state, county, and school board elections in which ~ minority (black <br />or Spanish origin) candidate participated since 1972. In addition, <br />provide municipal election returns from 1979 to the present. (We <br />note that you provided municipal election returns prior to 1979 in a <br />previous submission.) For each election indicate the race (Spanish <br />origin) of each candidate; the winner(s) of each contest, the number <br />of registered voters~ by precinct and by r~ce and Spanish origin, at <br />the time of each election; and the number of persons who voted at <br />each election. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />c <br />'-- <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Response: See Exhibit B attached <br /> <br />3. IngY.i.J:y: The names, addresses, and d'aytime telephone <br />numbers of all minority persons currently serving on various boards <br />and committees in the city. Indicate the name of the committee or <br />Board and the total number of persons appointed or elected. Also <br />include the same information from 1972 to the present. <br /> <br />Bg~~Q~: See Exhibit C attached <br /> <br />4. Inauiry: A list of the total number of full-time city <br />employees, by name and Spanish origin a~d by job category (~, <br />professional, . paraprofessional, offi'ce/clerical, etc.), ,for each <br />year from 1972 to the present.' (A copy of the ci~y IS EEOC <br /> <br />.( <br /> <br /><.. <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />.' ,.:' <br /> <br />l <br />