Close, but no cigar

February 20, 2019

As clarification please be aware that the former EPISD board of trustees president did not move out of the EPISD school district.  He moved out of (or did not live in) the portion of the district that he was elected to serve.

This graphic comes from the EPISD web site and shows his district (6):

His homestead is on Isla del Rey which is in the upper left portion of the portion marked 018.

His home is evidently one block out of district 6 and is instead in district 7.

Were there people at the district that knew about this?

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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EPISD disappoints again

February 19, 2019

The EPISD school board president just resigned.

He evidently told the Times that he no longer lives within the district.

From the district’s policy manual:

A person elected or appointed to serve as a board member must
remain a resident of the district throughout the term of office. A
board member who ceases to reside in the district vacates the office.

Tex. Const., Art. XVI, Sec. 14;

Prince v. Inman, 280 S.W.2d 779 (Tex. Civ. App.—Beaumont 1955, no writ);

Whitmarsh v. Buckley, 324 S.W.2d 298 (Tex. Civ. App.—Houston 1959, no writ)

It appears that the Texas constitution, Texas statutes, and local board policy make are clear.

Question

When did the trustee move out of the district that he represented?

Did he participate in decisions that he had no right to be involved in?

We deserve better

Brutus

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So much for heritage

February 18, 2019

Take a look at the architect’s rendering of what the new fine arts building at El Paso High will look like:

We deserve better

Brutus

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City stops posting interim financial statements

February 17, 2019

Would you like to know what the city’s interim financial statements look like?

Good luck

This is what the city’s website presented when I tried to look up a current statement the other day:

While they used to post a report each month it looks like they have not done so for almost a year.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Open line Saturday

February 16, 2019

Dare we open the blog to discussion about our national situation today?

Please keep your comments clean and don’t get personal.

Can we discuss the issues without getting partisan?

Let’s try.

We deserve better

Brutus

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