The race for mayor has certainly been quiet.
We deserve better
Brutus
All’s quiet on the mayoral race front
April 30, 2017
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Lawless officials
April 28, 2017Recently a lawyer the city hired unilaterally dismissed ethics complaints against the city attorney, the mayor, and some city representatives.
We still don’t see a provision in the ethics ordinance that gives him the power to do that.
His stated reason is that some of the actions are probably criminal in nature and that action should be left up to prosecutors.
Past history shows us that our district attorney does not pursue cases against local officials very often.
Now what?
Does that leave us in a position where our local elected officials can violate laws with impunity?
How do we stop these people?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Your portion of the city debt
April 27, 2017If we use the United States census bureau numbers there were 220,682 households in the city of El Paso as of December 2015.
The 2.1 billion dollars of city bond debt then divides into just at $10,000 per household.
Those numbers do not include our unfunded pension fund obligations or the majority of the quality of life projects.
They do not include school district debt or county debt.
We deserve better
Brutus
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City pension fund debt
April 26, 2017According to the city’s 2015 financial report, the unfunded portion of the various (city employees, police and firemen) pension funds is about $355,000,000.
Add that to the $2.1 billion that we talked about earlier this week and we are at $2,455,000,000.
Don’t forget that the majority of the quality of life bonds need to be added in also.
You should also consider what the bill will be if the city ever decides to fix our roads.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Not while the voters are paying attention
April 25, 2017Have you all noticed how little activity is occurring relative to the proposed arena?
Could it be that city council does not want to make waves during the campaign period?
Council has told us that the longer we delay construction the higher costs will be, yet they are doing nothing.
It seems again in this case that they are protecting themselves instead of the public.
We deserve better
Brutus
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