District 7 candidates and the arena

March 21, 2017

If re-elected what actions will you take relative to the proposed arena?

We sent this message to representative district 7 city representative Lily Limon.

Elizabeth Montelongo, Gerado Chacon, Henry Rivera and Glenn Nathan are also running.  We would like to ask them the same question but have not been able to figure out how to contact them.

Let us know if you can help.

We deserve better

Brutus


District 4 candidates and the arena

March 20, 2017

If elected what actions will you take relative to the proposed arena?

We sent this to Sam Morgan, Diana Ramos, Shane Haggerty and Jose M. Plascencia.

They are the four candidates for district representative seat 4.

We’ll let you know what they say.

We deserve better

Brutus


District 3 candidates and the arena

March 19, 2017

If elected what actions will you take relative to the proposed arena?

We sent this question to Cassandra Brown and Jaime Barceleau who are candidates for the city district representative seat 3 race.

Elias Camacho, Casey Williams and Louis Pellicano are also running.

We have not found a way to contact these candidates.

Let us know if you can help us contact them.

We will let you know what they say.

We deserve better

Brutus


District 2 candidates and the arena

March 18, 2017
If elected what actions will you take relative to the proposed arena?
We sent this question to James Tolbert and Jud Burgess who are both running for the city representative district 2 seat.
We also tried to reach
Alexander Burnside
Raul Valdez
Dolores Baca and
Alexsandra Annello
who are running for the same position but were not able to find a way to contact them.
Let us know how to reach these folks if you can.
We will let you know what the candidates say.
We deserve better
Brutus

City bonuses illegal?

March 17, 2017

Mr. Wever’s comment the other day got us to thinking about what the city did last year with the “one-time” bonuses they gave to all employees.

The August 3, 2015 edition of the Times told us that the city council voted to give $2.6 million dollars in year end bonuses to city employees.  This is a link to the article.

Texas Constitution

The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or to authorize any county or municipal authority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allowance to a public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has been rendered, or a contract has been entered into, and performed in whole or in part; nor pay, nor authorize the payment of, any claim created against any county or municipality of the State, under any agreement or contract, made without authority of law. Tex. Const. art. III, § 53.

After service has been rendered

You simply cannot pay a government employee in Texas in arrears.

Where was the city’s legal department when this happened?

We deserve better

Brutus