Our local debt situation makes it even more critical for people to explain to the candidates what we want.
We should also do what we can to help educate our friends and get them to vote.
You can vote early today (Monday, May 1) and tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2).
For those of you on the west side, the Polly Harris facility is not open.
The west side YWCA (on Bartlett) or the Doris Van Doren library (on Redd) are probably your best choices.
We deserve better
Brutus
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The race for mayor has certainly been quiet.
We deserve better
Brutus
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It has been a while since we have had any guest posts.
Please be reminded that we are open to publishing your articles. They should be tasteful and not personal.
Brutus
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Recently a lawyer the city hired unilaterally dismissed ethics complaints against the city attorney, the mayor, and some city representatives.
We still don’t see a provision in the ethics ordinance that gives him the power to do that.
His stated reason is that some of the actions are probably criminal in nature and that action should be left up to prosecutors.
Past history shows us that our district attorney does not pursue cases against local officials very often.
Does that leave us in a position where our local elected officials can violate laws with impunity?
How do we stop these people?
We deserve better
Brutus
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If we use the United States census bureau numbers there were 220,682 households in the city of El Paso as of December 2015.
The 2.1 billion dollars of city bond debt then divides into just at $10,000 per household.
Those numbers do not include our unfunded pension fund obligations or the majority of the quality of life projects.
They do not include school district debt or county debt.
We deserve better
Brutus
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