Mr. Grossman tipped us off to this chart on transparencytexas.org:
Notice how little of the money raised came from within district 76.
I can only conclude that outsiders are trying to buy a vote.
We deserve better
Brutus
Texas house seat for sale?
February 19, 2020
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Partying on our dime
February 18, 2020South by Southwest is coming again in March.
Will our city and county elected officials spend our money again to go to this party?
In the past they have told us that going is good for our economy.
Have they ever produced any results?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Inclusive? Not at all!
February 17, 2020One of our readers received this via email from the city the other day:
You are invited to participate in the El Paso City Accelerator Inclusive Procurement Survey because you have been identified as a business owner/associate in the City of El Paso. The purpose of the survey is twofold. It will help the City develop a profile of regional businesses, and it will gather information on business certifications and interest in a future certification program by the City of El Paso.
This survey will also allow the City to identify and develop the infrastructure needed to establish a certification program.
The survey will take no more than 10 minutes of your time. Your answers will be held strictly confidential, and in no way affect your business’ standing. Note that if you have multiple businesses, we would very much appreciate it if you would complete a survey for each business. We encourage non-profit and for profit organizations to exclude themselves from taking the survey to ensure that each business is properly counted when developing the regional business profile and assessing certification needs.
Huh?
They encourage non-profit and for profit organizations to exclude themselves from taking the survey…
Do they bother to read what they put out?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Why did they publish this?
February 16, 2020The February 9-15, 2020 issue of El Paso Inc. had an interview with our first city manager.
They wrote:
Then came … a $44 million ballot item for a new ballpark that more than 70% of voters supported…
Not true
The voters were never asked to approve a ballpark. They were asked to approve using hotel occupancy taxes to pay for it. If the voters declined approval the bill would have been added to our property taxes. This is what we voted on:
VENUE PROJECT AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX PROPOSITION
“AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS, TO DESIGNATE THE MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM PROJECT AS A SPORTS AND COMMUNITY VENUE PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND TO IMPOSE A TAX ON THE OCCUPANCY OF A ROOM IN A HOTEL LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY, AT THE MAXIMUM RATE OF TWO PERCENT (2%) OF THE PRICE PAID FOR SUCH ROOM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING SUCH VENUE PROJECT.”
Wrong amount
The Inc’s $44 million number is not true either.
Back in August of 2015 we wrote Latest ballpark numbers and showed our portion of the cost to be over $64 million.
The Inc reporter has been around a long time.
Why would he blatantly misstate the facts?
We deserve better
Brutus
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Open line Saturday
February 15, 2020It’s Saturday.
What’s on your mind?
We deserve better
Brutus
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elpasospeak 
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