Contradictory goals

April 16, 2019

Our state senator recently wrote a guest column for the El Paso Times.

In it he stated that the new UTEP president “is not representative of this community”.

What is he saying?

Is it because she is from out of town?  Is it because of her political party affiliations?  I hope that he does not mean that her ethnicity should disqualify her.

He further stated that he looks forward to working to see “that the campus remains free, open and embracing of El Paso’s diversity.”

It seems to be that these two points contradict each other.  Doesn’t diversity require variety in who works there?

It is troubling to me that the senator chose to vent publicly instead of through channels.  What do we gain when our state senator openly attacks our university president simply because he thinks she is not representative of our community?

We deserve better

Brutus

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EPISD–election concerns

April 15, 2019

Unfortunately it does not look like the situation with the EPISD board of trustees is getting any better.

In the election for the district 7 representative we are now hearing that she may have been misstating her credentials.

Proving what she claims (10 years of teaching experience at EPISD and a degree from UTEP) should not be difficult but at the time this post was written she has failed to do so.

Particularly troubling is that she was not elected to her current position on the board but instead was chosen by the current board to fill a vacancy.  We would have thought that the board would conduct a background check before they chose her.

In the district 6 race we have a candidate that might in fact reside in district 7.  Once again the issue should be pretty easy to resolve but we have heard nothing.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Feral government

April 14, 2019

There was a little bit of back chatter this week about our use of the words “feral government”.

Some even inquired as to what feral means.

From merriam-webster.com:

  1:  of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
2a: not domesticated or cultivated 
2b: having escaped from domestication and become wild
We deserve better
Brutus

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Saturday

April 13, 2019

Saturday is the day where the readers tell us what they are thinking.

Please do so.

Brutus

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Confusing to say the least

April 12, 2019

Maybe some facts will help us to understand our current situation with the people wanting to enter the United States.

From the United States Customs and Immigration Services website:

 Refugees are generally people outside of their country who are unable or unwilling to return home because they fear serious harm.

You may seek a referral for refugee status only from outside of the United States.

and then:

Under United States law, a refugee is someone who:

    • Is located outside of the United States
    • Is of special humanitarian concern to the United States
    • Demonstrates that they were persecuted or fear persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group
    • Is not firmly resettled in another country
    • Is admissible to the United States

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Asylum status is a form of protection available to people who:

    • Meet the definition of refugee
    • Are already in the United States
    • Are seeking admission at a port of entry

You may apply for asylum in the United States regardless of your country of origin or your current immigration status.

If you are eligible for asylum you may be permitted to remain in the United States

Clear as mud

Let’s see, a refugee “Is located outside of the United States”.

Asylum status is available to those who “Meet the definition of refugee” but “Are already in the United States” or “Are seeking admission at a port of entry”.

We deserve better

Brutus

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