It appears that the city has decided that it is not competent to handle the administrative process relating to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
Their solution is to hire two firms from out of town to help the city get it’s act together.
This must really be complex if it requires two out of town firms to make recommendations.
The real issue is that the city does not want anyone local to get to see the mess that city engineering is in.
The MPO is supposed to follow published rules. The city needs to comply.
Any mid-level manager worth his/her salt could handle this.
We have a chief performance officer. Isn’t this a matter of performance?
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Once again, you are absolutely correct. You also make an excellent point about the Chief Performance Officer.
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Does anyone know whose performance the CPO is supposed to monitor? Irate taxpayers?
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What the hell do we have so many administrative types for?! I suspect we need a serious house cleaning throughout the entire city administration.
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What happened to all that hoopla, wonder woooman, 6 sigma expertise we were supposed to be getting in that assistant? She’s too busy to help out on this fiasco and the city finds it much easier to spend on outsiders just to save face but at the same time they are saying “we can’t cut the mustard with our local talent,” so that’s not exactly saving face any way you look at it. There goes more money down the tubes!
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If the employees are doing less work now, why are we tax payers left fitting the bill. How about furlough those employees; better yet clean house. Not only are employees doing less work and getting paid but we have to eat costs of outside firms doing their work.
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If cleaning house would solve the problems, start with the council members.
Perhaps voting for candidates, from other cities, to fill El Paso political positions would also be a great solution since our local talent isn’t qualified either.
We have a council that can’t shoot straight ever and a county commissioners court that can’t shoot straight except when shifting to others. I’m ready to try candidates from other cities.
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One of the best comments ever posted on this blog.
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