In 2009, after Chief of the Galveston Police Department Charles Wiley said that he believed that golf carts should be prohibited outside of golf courses, West End residents started a campaign arguing against the banning of golf carts.

* Police brutality on 12 years old girl outside her home for no reason Galveston, Texas.

The Galveston Fire Department provides fire protection services through six fire stations and 17 pieces of apparatus.

The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Galveston Community Center.

The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Dickinson Community Center at 2714 Highway 3.

The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Wayne Johnson III Community Center at Carbide Park.

Dr. Thornton has logged over 2, 500 hours pilot flying time in jet aircraft, is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston – Clear Lake.

The location of the Medical Department of the University of Texas was decided between Galveston and Houston in a popular vote in 1881, but its opening was delayed due to the construction of the main university campus in Austin, Texas.

B. Montgomery " Monte " Pettitt is the Director of the Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics at University of Texas Medical Branch ( UTMB ) in Galveston, TX, holder of the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, and tenured Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UTMB.

Ferry service is provided by the Texas Department of Transportation between Port Bolivar and Galveston.

The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Bolivar Community Center, 1802 Madison Avenue and the Fort Travis Seashore Park at 900 State Highway 87, and the Pilsner Boat Ramp.

Galveston has been home to many important figures in Texas and U. S. history.

After the hurricane of 1900, the city originated the City Commission form of city government ( which became known as the " Galveston Plan "), although the city has since adopted the council-manager form of government.

The Galveston Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the first federal court in Texas, is based in Galveston and has jurisdiction over the counties of Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers and Matagorda.

In addition the post office has a contract postal unit at the Medical Branch Unit on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch and the West Galveston Contract Postal Unit, located on the west end of Galveston Island in the beachside community of Jamaica Beach.

Interstate 45 has a southern terminus in Galveston and serves as a main artery to Galveston from mainland Galveston County and Houston.

Galveston has several state-funded charter schools not affiliated with local school districts, including kindergarten through 8th grade Ambassadors Preparatory Academy and pre-kindergarten through 8th Grade Odyssey Academy.

Galveston has six sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

Unlike the Galveston Momus organization, the New Orleans iteration of the Knights of Momus has operated continuously since its founding, and remains true to its roots as a secret society.

* Sean Stewart's novel Galveston, where Momus is a mysterious but powerful ruler of a realm in a world where magic has returned.

In addition, a film of " Galveston ", a crossover hit for country-pop performer Glen Campbell in 1969, has appeared on the video sharing service YouTube.

Since 1984, Hitchcock has been home to the Galveston County Fair & Rodeo.

Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark, which opened in 2006, has one indoor section that has limited operation during fall and winter.

From its modest beginnings in the 1890s as the first state medical school in Texas, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ( UTMB ) has developed into a large, sophisticated health science complex with numerous schools and institutes, including: a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Health Professions, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Institute for the Medical Humanities, an affiliated Shriners Burns Hospital, the Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, the Sealy Center for Structural Biology, the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Center for Addiction Research, the Educational Cancer Center, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women ’ s Health, the Insyitute for Translational Sciences, the Galveston National Laboratory ( GNL ), the Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, the Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine, the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, the Stark Diabetes Center, the Center for Biomedical Engineering, the Center for Environmental Toxicology, the Sealy Center on Aging, the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, and the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development.

Early supporters would prove to be correct ; the port has grown to be one of the world's largest, overtaking the nearby Port of Galveston in significance.

The bay has three inlets at the Gulf of Mexico: Bolivar Roads ( the exit of the Houston Ship Channel ) between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, San Luis Pass to the West, and Rollover Pass to the East.

In 1973 the Galveston Historical Foundation followed suit, creating a trust fund for dramatic restorations of the Strand district that has sparked significant private investment as well.

The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad provided quick access to the Kansas City, Kansas stockyards, and in the towns heyday it had one hotel, two general stores, one barber shop, two dance halls, and eight saloons.

The funding for many projects was provided through the American National Insurance Company, which was based in the then notorious gambling empire of Galveston, Texas.

The medical school campus also included the John Sealy Hospital, which provided charity care for any who claimed Galveston residence.

Along with their connections in Hollywood and New York City, these interests in Las Vegas were able to use publicity provided by these media capitals to steer the rapid growth of tourism into Las Vegas thereby dooming Galveston, Texas ; Hot Springs, Arkansas ; and other illegal gaming centers around the nation.

Today, " the Strand " is generally used to refer to the entire five-block business district between 20th and 25th streets in downtown Galveston, very close to the city's wharf.

The city's tourist attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens botanical park, the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum, the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston Railroad Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as The Strand, many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front from the East End's Porretto Beach, Stewart Beach to the West End pocket parks. Also there is a pier-turned-amusement park that opened May 2012. it is called Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier.

The Galveston County Daily News, founded in 1842, is the city's primary newspaper and the oldest continuously printed newspaper in Texas.

The city's Tax Collector is determined by the city council and is outsourced to Galveston County.

The Galveston County Administrative Courthouse, the seat of civil and administrative functions, is located near the city's downtown.

Island Transit, which operates the Galveston Island Trolley manages the city's public transportation services.

In 2007 the Moody Foundation signed an agreement with the City of Galveston to completely rebuild the city's municipal golf course.

" He further observes: " Six weeks after the second Indianola storm, a group of thirty prominent Galveston residents calling themselves the Progressive Association met and resolved to build a seawall ", and " The city's Evening Tribune endorsed the plan ".

Today " the Strand " is generally used to refer to the entire five-block business district between 20th and 25th streets in downtown Galveston, very close to the city's wharf.

Outside the protection of the Galveston Seawall, structures on the island were severely damaged by storm surge.

The Galveston Seawall is a seawall in Galveston, Texas, USA that was built after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 for protection from future hurricanes.