City continues to ignore its own rules

June 15, 2017

It seems that when the city remodeled Country Club road they ended up posting speed limit signs that indicated 35 miles per hour.

One little problem

The graphic below tells us that since 1956 a city ordinance has placed the speed limit at 40 miles per hour:

Changing the ordinance is the purpose of item 22.1 on the Tuesday, June 13, 2017 city council agenda.  They evidently have figured out that the signs need to comply with the law.

The agenda backup material makes no reference to the city refunding the speeding tickets that were issued in the interim.

We deserve better

Brutus

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The president and entry of aliens

June 14, 2017

United States Code title 8, section 1182(f):

Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.

We deserve better

Brutus

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City above inspection

June 13, 2017

We were told the other day that the city sometimes does not have its construction projects examined and approved by city inspectors.

Individual homeowners and commercial owners do.

Can anyone confirm this?

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD–marketing, Tim Holt responds

June 12, 2017

Tim Holt is an EPISD administrator that writes a blog dealing with educational technologies.

He sent us an email the other day that contained this:

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Our roads are damaging our cars

June 11, 2017

Adding to the discussion about our crumbling roads, we heard last week about two separate people who had to buy new tires and wheels because they had not been able to avoid potholes.

We deserve better

Brutus

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