We now have a flap about the cultural center that we voted for as part of the 2012 quality of life bonds.
City council passed an ordinance that called for the quality of life bond election. The ordinance specified the language to be used on the ballot. Evidently the ordinance specified a “Hispanic” cultural center but the language on the ballots specified a “Heritage” cultural center.
Was this done deliberately? Did someone change the language in the ordinance with the belief that the changes would make the issue more likely to pass? Who is responsible for making certain that the two documents are precisely the same?
We now hear that our city attorney believes that the language on the ordinance should decide the issue, not the language that we voted on. Incredible!
How many of us would go to a restaurant and order a steak and then not object when brought tuna?
We have a problem here with how the wording was changed. That should be looked into and the culprit should be exposed. How can this not be fraud?
We also have a problem with a city attorney that once again thinks that the voters should be ignored.
We deserve better
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Is it not part of the city attorney’s job to review the ballots? If it was, her competency and truthfulness are at the core of this issue. Our city looks more ridiculous by the day.
The city made a another move that was sort of a bait and switch. Last year, when the current city budget was being approved, we had a $3.5 million funding gap. The city manager suggested looking for cuts, but council insisted on instituting an indirect tax by imposing a higher fee on the water utility, which has now been passed on to us.
Now, in this same budget year, the city manager is starting a new $2.5 million wellness program with financial incentives that will pay participating city employees as much as an additional $150 per month, funded by the taxpayers. So the city needed the $3 mil so badly that it hit us with another tax (Let’s call it what it was.). Now, however, they have $2.5 mil to give to pay to city employees who have to be paid to do the right thing for themselves for their own personal benefit.
The city manager is now on the progressive spending bandwagon. If he is concerned about employee wellness, remove soda and candy machines from public buildings and tell employees to eat fewer tacos and and drink less beer. If the city holds an city employee event at the ballpark this year with hot dogs and nachos, we should really be pissed.
I guess this is to be expected when our daily newspaper reports that the big economic boom is the proliferation of sports bars serving beer and wings as though that is something to celebrate.
And we wonder why businesses choose not to relocate to El Paso?
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