According to a recent press release the chief financial officer of our city government is now a member of the board of the United Way of El Paso.
Day job
Her day job is to be the chief financial officer of our city. We are facing budget cuts because of revenue shortages. We have witnessed wildly inaccurate cost estimates relating to the demolition of city hall and also to the building of the ball park. It would be nice if she would take the time to give us accurate figures.
She is a member of our fire and police pension board. Some say that the funding shortfall over there is in excess of $200 million.
Board of managers
She is also one of five people appointed by the state to be on the board of managers of EPISD. We are told that there is a $17 million revenue shortfall and that teachers will have to be fired. It would be nice if she could take the time to provide us with a solution other than having the budget axe fall only on the teachers. There must be some other savings that can be achieved.
Familiar pattern
It seems that we are seeing financial problems with organizations that she has a senior role in. There was a time when people saw to it that they had one job under control before they undertook another.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Resume building is not a job.
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Who is her supervisor: the City Manager or the Mayor or the City Council? It’s outrageous that a such a critical municipal tax-payer-funded employee is spending that amount of time and energy on the agendas of other organizations – no matter how worthy their mission. When is she going to be reined in so that she will focus on her PUBLIC responsibilities??!!
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City Manager. She was Wilson’s favorite to replace her as well, the reason for so many resume-building positions. Mostly, though, she works for the Paul & Woody agenda as did Wilson, IMO; witness the stadium business case presented as kool-aid to a thirsty CC in 2012.
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Reminds me of Larry Summers (Clinton era Treasury Secretary) who keeps turning up in high-profile positions leaving a trail of destruction, but he keeps turning up – the Mystery:)
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