Will Stanton street be too steep?

September 28, 2018

According to this post in the el chuqueno blog our new street cars might not be able to handle the grade going up Stanton if they have to stop and then start again.

From the post:

“the trolley will wait at the stop by Cathedral High School to make sure it has a clear shot all the way up the hill on Stanton. If the trolley stops, it might not be able to conquer the grade, and it might have to stop, because the tracks are on the left turn lane all the way up.”

I guess that they can “make sure” that they have a clear shot if they only operate late at night.  Stanton is a busy street and assuring a “clear shot” will be hard to do.

We have repeatedly been told that the slope will not be a problem for the cars.

This KVIA  report shows the construction manager telling us that 10% grade at one section of Stanton will not be a problem.

Let’s hope that she is right.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Librarians are angry

September 26, 2018

City council recently voted to build the new cultural center as an attachment to the downtown library.

It seems that the plan is to confiscate portions of the library and re-use them as part of the cultural center.  According to one speaker at the city council meeting the plan is to take almost half of the library.

Several librarians spoke before council and complained that they had been “blind sided” by city staff and were not aware of the impact of the plan until the proposal was posted on the council agenda.

The librarians have long memories.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Nicholas Vasquez–candidate district 8

September 25, 2018

Nicholas Vasquez is running for city representative district 8.

He sent this in:

Hi Brutus,

hope alls well.

Names Nicholas Anthony Vasquez,

here’s what I’m offering http://www.votingisimportantand.fun
allocations towards projects that will benefit all of El Paso while having the ability to reduce the burden property owners face when providing for public services.
I will also be more than glad to answer any questions that are not on my website as well as other ones coming from any Users.
let me know
thanks again
for giving us better info.

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Good start

September 22, 2018

It seems that we now have a city representative who is trying to help the citizens.

From the Tuesday, September 18, 2018 city council agenda:

30.3. Discussion and action to request that the City Manager direct staff to provide a presentation and update to City Council on any and all resources, actions, and current plans to mitigate the traffic congestion on Mesa Street and other arterials affected by the GO 10 infrastructure reconstruction project, to include impact on the Sun Metro Brio program.
 
  Representative Cissy Lizarraga, (915) 212-0008

This is better.

Brutus

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Its time to fix this

September 21, 2018

The ongoing problem of excessive overtime at the police department is in the news again.  The KVIA published this piece  after this El Paso Times article came out

The KVIA piece points out the case of a sergeant that made over $60,000 per (each) year in overtime in both 2015 and 2016.

This is simply poor management.  The department has a lot of “brass” (lieutenants and above) on the payroll.  Either they are playing favorites, or they are not paying attention.

Most of us can understand the need for some overtime.  Unfortunately there are individuals that are gaming the system and their bosses are not stepping in.

We deserve better

Brutus

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