Publicity campaign?

April 25, 2016

Something is brewing.

The Times printed a letter to the editor on Saturday, April 23, 2015 from our former mayor who now resides in Oregon.

The letter praised our former state senator saying “He stood almost alone in that fight against a large criminal ring”.

That may be true but the timing of the letter and the recent recognition that EPISD gave our former senator lead me to believe that something is about to happen.

Why after all of this time are we seeing this?  Could it be that something is about to happen?

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD maintenance study

April 24, 2016

A reader sent in this comment about the recent EPISD study:

TASBO is the company that did the study to fire 200 employees.

I can find no RFP or RFQ’s or what it cost to have this study done.

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Really Influential

April 23, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Natalacio!

Brutus

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Skirting the law

April 22, 2016

The city’s prior contract to lease unmarked police vehicles was approved by city council December 22, 2015.

Even though the contract was for $250,000 it was not bid.

Why?

The police and purchasing departments used this ruse:

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Section 252.022 of the Texas local government code exempts purchases from bidding requirements if certain reasons.  Subsection (a)(2) reads:  “a procurement necessary to preserve or protect the public health or safety of the municipality’s residents;”.

Baloney

Where are we when even our police department games the system?

The contract awarded this week was sent out to bid yet they circumvented the process on the earlier contract.  It seems to me that if leasing unmarked vehicles was some kind of public emergency last time it would be one this time.

These people should be ashamed.

Using their logic they could probably avoid bidding most of what the city needs under the ruse that the procurement would protect public health or safety.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Open but not for use

April 21, 2016

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Well San Jacinto Plaza finally reopened.

Aren’t we lucky that our city representative promised to keep an eye on the project?  With her able supervision the project only took two and a quarter years.  I can’t imagine how long we would have had to wait if she had not been overseeing the project for us.

Not really open

I’m told that the upcoming two day Neon Desert Music Festival will not be allowed to use the Plaza.

I don’t know the reason but suspect it has something to do with the fact that there are no restrooms in the Plaza after the remodeling.  They probably don’t want the kids relieving themselves on the alligator.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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