I don’t know Dr. Noe, one of our city council representatives. I do know that I have not agreed with some of his votes while on council, so I am not one of his biggest supporters.
The front page article in the El Paso Times yesterday (January 30, 2013) really got my attention though.
Evidently the councilman brought a possible land deal for council’s consideration relative to the east side sports complex that the voters just approved. To me the tone of the article was just short of accusatory. It characterized the reaction of other council members as negative, “frustrated” and “confused”.
After the discussion the council directed the city staff to research potential locations for the complex “and explore all options”. Dr. Noe said “his proposed site did not have to be the final one”. I seems somehow council did the right thing.
What’s happening? Why did the Times article take a negative tone? Is the problem that a council member got out ahead of the cabal that is running the city and had the audacity to propose something for consideration that he thought might make sense? Is it possible that the strong response was because the fix is already in and his suggestion is not the one that they want?
The article gave details about the developer’s contribution to Dr. Noe’s campaign. I really don’t remember that kind of coverage from the Times when the ball park and city hall moves were being written about.
Let’s see:
- A developer contributes $2,000 to a candidate’s campaign. The candidate gets elected and becomes a city representative. The candidate and the developer consider a potential deal to give land to the city in return for some concessions on another project. The city representative brings a deal for consideration to the entire council — right out in public.
- The El Paso Times writes an article that makes it look like open warfare broke out and that something sneaky was going on, but ultimately city council did the right thing and told city staff to consider all options.
On the other hand:
- The city buys a multi-million dollar building from the owners of the Times.
- The Times turns a blind eye on the shenanigans that have been going on at the city.
Did the good Doctor forget his place? How did a city representative come to the mistaken idea that he should bring ideas to the council for their consideration? Doesn’t he know that his job is to rubber stamp what the cabal has decided?
We deserve better
Brutus
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