Don’t bother to get involved in the city budget process this year.
They are having another “special” council meeting Monday, July 30, 2018.
| Introduction of an Ordinance levying FY 2018 – 2019 taxes.
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They don’t have a budget yet but they know what the tax rate will be.
Neat, huh?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Most of us understand that our city roads are in horrible shape because our current and past elected officials have not funded their maintenance.
Even before the roads age and start to deteriorate they are bumpy.
Brand new streets cause our cars to jump around like ping pong balls because the city does not require the contractors to provide smooth pavement.
This is a problem that could be fixed right now if the city wanted to.
Maybe we should require that each newly paved area have signs at both the beginning and end telling us who the contractor was.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Well city council is having another one of their special meetings (they have these meetings at a different time and place than regular city council meetings–that way they have less public participation) Monday, July 23, 2018.
Do you remember the twenty million dollar children’s museum that we approved with the 2012 quality of life bonds?
Well this meeting is being held so that city council can approve spending $40 million dollars on it.
In round numbers they got us to approve the $20 million and now they are going to double it.
It’s simple. They plan to issue certificates of obligation to pay for the doubling. The voters don’t have to approve certificates of obligation.
This looks like just plain thievery to me.
We deserve better
Brutus
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The city recently opened the Eastside sports complex which features seven soccer fields and one championship soccer field.
The complex was funded as part of the 2012 quality of life bonds.
This is the kind of project that serves our community well.
We enjoy weather that allows outdoor sports year-round. Having places where our youngsters can exercise and enjoy being outdoors adds to the quality of living in El Paso.
As a community we should insist on more efforts to capitalize on our weather. When looking at places to move to, schools and recreation are significant in people’s decision making.
If we improve our schools and take more advantage of our climate we will be more attractive to companies that might consider moving to town.
We cannot afford expensive projects but instead should spend what money we have on projects that improve our quality of life.
This is better
Brutus
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We may have figured out what Sun Metro is really doing with the new Brio lines they are setting up across the city.
Driver-less cars will be here sooner than any of us think. Even if we are wrong about this ride hailing services will continue to grow.
The net effect for Sun Metro might be that their only income opportunity is for long haul (across town) transportation.
Other solutions, be they driver-less cars or ride hailing/sharing, will become more attractive both from an economic and convenience standpoint. We are seeing shorter runs being handled more and more by these new alternatives in big cities across the nation.
Is Sun Metro trying to build a new delivery model with the Brio?
Some of you will probably take us to task for presuming that anyone at the city can think that far ahead.
We deserve better
Brutus
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