What you need to know:
- Houston voters will decide in October whether to make the third Saturday of August an official city holiday for Houston Founder’s Day. The ballot question was added through a resident-initiated proposition.
- The Founder’s Day proposal was prompted by a separate measure that would designate the private Matanuska Thunder Festival as an official city holiday. That event is held each June at a cannabis-themed campground.
- If both measures pass, both dates will be formally recognized as city holidays. Election Day is Oct. 7. Early voting begins Sept. 22.
HOUSTON — Whether a Houston city celebration held each August should become an official holiday will go before city voters in October as the second of two related ballot questions.
The proposition, placed on the ballot through a resident-filed petition, asks whether the city should designate the third Saturday of each August as an official city holiday for Houston Founder’s Day.
The City Council tabled a similar ballot proposal during a regular meeting Thursday because it duplicated the petition-backed measure. Mayor Carter Cole placed it on the agenda to ensure the question appeared on the ballot, regardless of whether citizens gathered enough signatures, Cole said during the meeting…