Rodney Ellis carries Sunnyside with him, reflects on 41 years of public service

Rodney Ellis carries Sunnyside with him, reflects on 41 years of public service

For more than four decades, Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis has channeled his Sunnyside upbringing into a career characterized by bold reforms and racial justice advocacy. From the City Council to the Texas Senate and Commissioners Court, the policy wonk says he was inspired by his working-class parents and the neighborhood that raised him. Ellis’ father was a yardman and orderly at the VA hospital and his mother was a maid an…