Fired or retired?

May 10, 2018

It seems that our soon to be ex-city attorney is still having trouble with the truth.

A week or so ago she announced that she will be retiring at the end of May.

The Times tells us that she will be receiving $251,000 as part of her separation agreement.

What kind of job pays severance when retiring?

We’ve never heard of someone getting paid an extra six months of their salary when they retire.

It is far more likely that she was terminated and that her employment contract provided for severance pay.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Chime in

May 8, 2018

The city is running a program that they call Chime In.

According to their web site:

The City of El Paso is working on the FY 2019 budget and we want to hear from you, our citizens! 

They offer a short survey.  You can take it here.

This is better.

Brutus

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Project Amistad buses

May 6, 2018

Does anyone know what the financial details are concerning Project Amistad now running the west side feeder routes for Sun Metro?

Feeding Brio was a post that explained the bus routes.

Up until recently Sun Metro serviced the routes but now Project Amistad is doing it.

Is Sun Metro paying Project Amistad to run almost empty buses around the west side, or has someone figured out how to get the state and the feds to pay for this?

We deserve better

Brutus

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Almost as bad as you can get

May 4, 2018

Well things are getting measurably worse.

In 2014 we had the 5th highest effective residential property tax rate among the 50 largest cities in the United States.  See 5th highest taxes.

In 2015 we had the 3rd highest.  See Climbing to the top.

For 2017 we were the 2nd highest.

Remember that most of the quality of life bonds have not been issued yet nor have most of the school district bonds.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Derailed

May 3, 2018

The Texas department of transportation recently told city council that the bridges going over I-10 in the downtown area will all have to be replaced.

Our streetcars have not even started to operate and now we are being told that they will have to be re-routed since they travel over two of the bridges.

It would be hard to make this stuff up.

We deserve better

Brutus

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