Don’t talk to me

October 25, 2018

I saw a business card on the asphalt of a parking lot in a strip mall the other day.

After picking up the litter I saw evidence of a new phenomenon.

The card listed a telephone number and under the number “texts only” was printed.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Early voting

October 22, 2018

Early voting starts today.

Please go vote.

We deserve better

Brutus

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You pick the topic

October 18, 2018

I have no idea where this will lead but let’s open the comments to what the readers want to talk about today.

Remember please don’t get personal and don’t use profanity.

Brutus

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District 1 candidate forum

October 4, 2018

This came in from Xavier Miranda:

Dear Xavier,

Just a friendly reminder of our upcoming

El Paso Grassroots City Council Candidate Forum for District 1 on Saturday, October 13.
Although folks may not reside in this district, commonly shared issues indeed impact our entire community; i.e., displacement, healthcare and disability services, taxation without representation in terms of issuing Certificates of Obligation, eliminating the City Manager model, environmental disregard and nuclear waste disposal developments, misappropriation of Quality of Life bond money, and TIRZs development.  
Based on input from the District 8 candidate forum, current entities that drive El Paso’s economic and municipal development are the very ones that community organizations identify as significant obstacles.
 
Local billionaires Woody Hunt and Paul Foster, as well as The BorderPlex Alliance/Paso Del Norte Group, MountainStar Sports Group, the Hunt Institute of Energy and Economic Development, CREEED, and the El Paso Electric Company wield significant influence on current city council representatives and Mayor Dee Margo, evident in current city policies reflecting and benefiting their interests.
Unfortunately, current city council representatives Cissy Lizarraga and Peter Svarzvbein have opted to disregard personal invitations to attend our community forums. Their recent support of the salary increase for the City Manager, the mayor,  and themselves is of concern.
Additionally, Lizarraga and Svarzbein support Mayor Margo in the razing of Durangito, the establishment of various TIRZs, issuing Certificates of Obligations, and the placement of the Mexican American Cultural Center at the Main Library. Authentic representation of constituents by these two incumbents is sorely lacking.
Please consider attending the next forum:
Event:      District 1 EP City Council Candidate Forum
Date:       Saturday, October 13, 2018
Time:      1 PM to 3 PM
Place:      Armijo Library, Mural Room
    620 E. 7th ST 79901
3 of the 4 Candidates that have already confirmed attendance:

** Peter Svarzbein has been advised by campaign managers not to participate in community forums in order to avoid “hardball” questions.

The following panelists have been allotted 20 minute segments during the forum to use as they deem appropriate:
  • Renewable Energy Advocate Shelby Ruff
Thank you for consideration given this message.
Link to the FB event for the forum:
Best Regards,
Xavier Miranda
El Paso Grassroots

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Take it or leave it

September 24, 2018

Unfortunately we are seeing a customer relations trick that is designed to stiff-arm the consumer more and more.

The other day I asked a Netflix employee to transfer me to his superior.  The employee was not willing to solve the problem that Netflix  had created.  I suspected that the employee was following company policy so I wanted to move the issue up the chain of command.

The Netflix employee told me that he was not allowed to transfer my call to anyone up the chain.

I fired them.

Also last week I heard two UTEP students talking about difficulties they were having with different administrators at the school.  They told each other about having been denied the ability to speak with someone higher up the management chain.

We deserve better

Brutus

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