The Wednesday, October 24, 2018 headline of the Times set a new low standard for the paper.
District 6: Seasoned rep vs. student
The article belonged in the editorial section.
We deserved better
Brutus
Unfortunate headline
October 28, 2018
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New water park
October 27, 2018Item 22.4 on the Tuesday, October 30, 2018 city council agenda provides incentives for a company to build a convention center and convention center hotel in west El Paso.
This is the water park that has been the subject of recent speculation.
The estimated investment by the company is $150 million. They are telling us that about 600 jobs will be created.
In return the company will receive:
100% city property tax rebate for 15 years. The city’s rate is .843332 per hundred dollars of valuation. That comes to $1.26 million per year in tax relief at the current rate.
100% city sales tax rebate for 15 years
50% hotel motel tax rebate for 15 years. The tax is 17.5% of the room rate of which the city normally gets 11.5%. That means the operation will collect the 17.5% and then get 5.75% returned to them by the city.
TIRZ 10 will fund $526,100 in infrastructure and safety improvements.
The park will be at 6850 Paseo Del Norte, across the street from the new Walmart.
We deserve better
Brutus
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EPISD–administrative costs
October 26, 2018Evidently EPISD is doing a better job controlling their administrative costs than the other local districts.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Don’t talk to me
October 25, 2018I 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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EPISD–financial rating
October 24, 2018
It doesn’t look like things are getting better at EPISD, at least from a financial perspective.
For 15 years the district achieved the highest rating and now they have fallen into the lower half of the above standard rating.
We deserve better
Brutus
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