A recent look at the El Paso Community College web site shows something else getting better.
Their agenda postings now include backup materials that help explain the nature of the item on the agenda.
Thank you El Paso Community College!
Something got better
Brutus
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Yesterday we talked about item 8.2 on the March 25, 2014 city council agenda and how it introduces a potential ordinance that would govern downtown parking districts.
Item 8.3 on the agenda would introduce another potential ordinance that would allow the city to extend the hours where fees can be charged for parking at a parking meter.
Currently fees in the city apply from 8 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday.
They want to extend the time to 10 PM and also include charges for Saturday as well. This would only apply to “the Baseball Park District”. At this point I have been unable to find out what geographic area the baseball park district encompasses.
Item 8.4 introduces yet another ordinance that would allow higher parking meter rates in, you guessed it, the “baseball park district”.
How high? They will charge 50 cents per 12 minutes. That brings the rate to $2.50 per hour.
With the average game lasting 2 1/2 to 3 hours and you needing to get to the parking spot earlier, you can expect to pay the city $10 dollars for the privilege of parking at a meter.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Things have changed.
This came out of a local magazine.
Muckraker
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The old business card below made it’s way to me recently.
Notice the five digit telephone numbers.
The radio station transmitted at the 690 megahertz frequency. KEPO was an ABC affiliate. The frequency was later used by KHEY and is now used by KTSM.
This article shed some light on the subject for me.
If you have items like this please send them in to me for publication.
Brutus
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Stop the presses!
The downtown management district just published a report that says downtown events (presumably special events, not everyday events) drew almost 134,000 people last year.
The twenty one events generated “more than $1.5 million” or a whopping $11.94 in spending from each person.
Talk about underwhelming.
In fact if that is what the downtown management district has been able to bring to us they should be embarrassed.
Good grief. We taxpayers give away more than that in corporate welfare every year.
We deserve better
Brutus
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