Things have changed.
This came out of a local magazine.
Muckraker
Changing values (NSFW–not safe for work)
March 2, 2014
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Suggestion for the Times
March 1, 2014A suggestion to the El Paso Times:
Write a story about what has happened to the case where our west-side city representative was under investigation on suspicion of threatening a city employee.
For those of you who don’t know about it, please read this.
The incident occurred last October. We have heard nothing.
Is this a cover-up?
We deserve better
Brutus
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What’s good for the goose
February 28, 2014This El Paso Times editorial talked about the recent revelation that the El Paso Independent School District is considering closing some schools.
The Times pointed out that while the EPISD student population is approximately the same as it was 25 years ago, the district has added 3.7 million square feet of buildings in that period of time.
The district tells us that changing population concentrations have been the cause of the building spree. That is partially true.
The Times insists that the public must be involved in the planned changes. They wrote “The discussion must start now and must be frank and transparent”.
Frankly
Most of us probably agree with the Times on this. Frankly we would have liked for the issue of tearing down city hall to have had public involvement and been frank and transparent.
The Times did not call for that. We know why.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Power play?
February 27, 2014There must be more to the story of our county hospital awarding an anesthesia services contract to someone other than the incumbent, our new medical school.
People at Texas Tech are claiming that they will now close the anesthesiology department and will stop providing clinical services through their local clinics.
The hospital board has seven members. The vote was 5-2 in favor of hiring the New York based firm. The two votes against the change have significant ties to the local money powers.
More interesting is that chairman and vice-chairman were the two negative votes. They seem to have lost control of the board.
Is a message being sent by the hospital board to Texas Tech? There has been talk about a new hospital on the west side that would be affiliated with Texas Tech. The hospital is building clinics around town that are competitive to Texas Tech’s.
Is this about money, quality of service, or power?
The article in the Times certainly did not tell us.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Posted by Brutus
Land grab
February 26, 2014Word has leaked out that the powers that be over at the El Paso Independent School District are working on plans to close Jefferson High School.
They aren’t ready to say that yet. What they are saying is that it appears that they can save money by combining Jefferson and Bowie.
I just don’t see the Bowie alumni quietly allowing Bowie to merge into Jefferson. Look for an active program from this group to avoid losing the Bowie name.
Besides, the Jefferson campus is what they are really after. The combination of our medical school, ever growing county hospital, and the Medical Center of the Americas will probably somehow take possession of the land.
Having the state take over the elected school board and replacing it with a politically appointed board of managers provides the opportunity for Jefferson to get axed without the school board having to face the wrath of the voters.
The board of managers continuing to remain in power is beginning to make sense. The scandal over student grade levels is over. The board of managers does not seem to be doing anything constructive. It looks like they continue to exist so that changes like axing Jefferson and building a new central office can be forced on us by a group that does not have to answer to the voters.
We deserve better
Brutus
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