This came in from Helen Marshall the other day:
Perusing my El Paso Inc today I am reminded that among the six nominees is Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria, described as the EPISD deputy superintendent for finance and operations. Her “most significant impact” came in her 2004-2014 tenure with the City, where she “headed financing work on different public projects, the new city hall and Southwest University Park among them. Matching projects with financing and utilizing different financing strategies made them happen.”
Need they say more? Might be worth mentioning the Quality of Life bond that seriously underestimated the costs of major projects…nah, who cares about that? Or the fraudulent costs of the baseball stadium…nah, just a waste of ink.
I feel sorry for the other nominees.
elpasospeak 
Look who is giving the award. Wouldn’t you gladly give an award to the lady who helped give you a ballpark?
LikeLike
She can play ball 🙂
LikeLike
The thing is in El Taxo, don’t have to be “qualified” for any job at EPISD, UMC, City, County. Just have to know somebody who knows somebody or be “Friends and family”. For “Friends and Family” of the Politicos, Public Officials, project CON-tracts pay much more. whether the CON-tractor can start the job, do the job or even finish the job. Major delays, cost over runs, EVERYTHING takes longer, cost MORE that any signed CON-tract.
LikeLike