Council OKs tax zone to raise $70 million for $1 billion transportation plan

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by luplor

6ft, by the way, are you really 6 ft is that just a nick name?

Yeap i am 6'3''. But i actually got the idea for my screen name from a girl i knew years ago who was 6 feet 4 tall and she always wore cowboy boots which raised here another inch to 6 foot 5 as she is the only lady i've ever had to physically look up to in my life .

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by usmc el paso

Council OKs tax zone to raise $70 million for $1 billion transportation plan, but $322 million local share goes unsaid - Newspaper Tree El Paso

Shouldn't they start to break ground on some of these projects soon .....USMC EP ?

[alucard]

I live in her district. I seriously doubt that she represents us. Everyone that I have spoken to in her district are not very fond of her. I have had the chance to meet her at my neighborhood meeting. Let's just say that we do not want her back in our neighborhood.

[luplor]

Alucard, Could you be more specific? I am not disputing you, just would like to know what it it is she is not doing. The people I have talked with, from her district, have high regard for her. From everything I seen and read, I believe she and a few others are doing a great of at least questioing expenditures. EP does need some improvements and growth but at what costs$ ? The city has approx 500 million dolars in Cert of Obligations and a 9 million dollars budget shortfall, in the middle of a recession, in a low paying city. I am saying spread the projects out and pay as you go, not eveything right now. Is it because she nays funding issues? I would like some info from your point of view, not anything like reports or that.

[alucard]

For one thing she is pushing to build low-income apartments in my neighborhood. Not the type of growth we want. The problem is, is that she is doing too little for us. NE has so much growth possibilities. When I have spoken with her, she seems rather clueless as to what is going on. She needs cue cards in laymans terms. But she is good at changing the subject. I'm just not too keen on someone who would rather talk about her hair and shoes than what is going on in the city. The flooding in the NE is a big deal and she doesn't seem to get that. I have seen someone go up and ask her about it and she just stares and says it isnt up to her, it is up to the voters. Some people like that, some people dont. After all, not everyone's neighborhood floods so why bother voting yes for improvements if it doesnt affect my neighborhood? (just using that as an example of what could go wrong) I just think that if she really wanted to, she could do some good. The problem though, is that she really doesnt seem to care too much. At least that is the impression she gives me. Everyone has different opinions. Maybe she is doing something right on one thing and then doing something wrong on somethig else. Maybe the one thing she did wrong outweighed what she did right. I would just rather see someone who lives in the district give it a try. After all, I can't see how they would do any worse than her.

[Six Foot Three]

Great post about rep castro alucard !!!

Again i'm not surprised she voted against the ''1 billion dollar transportation plan'' as when i watch the city council meetings online she seems aloof as to what the issues are for the city and her district (dist 4).

[luplor]

Thanks, the hair and shoe thing is funny. I have a rep that literally just sits at the meetings and the only thing she does is second the motion. At least yours gets involved in the discussion. Heck I would be happy to hear her say something disagreeable. Sneeze, cough do something. I was a little disappointed when they agreed to build low income housing in the city and then called it an improvement to downtown. All the cities that I lived in and they did that had the neighborhood go down hill with strange characters out all day and night. They even sold some units to the people in hopes they would take care of the property. Sad to say althought totally renovated, the places looked terrible in a year. That's a tough issue as to where to put low income housing because house values do go down. That's not to say all the tenants are bad. Wanna trade reps?

[alucard]

If you have Quintana........no thanks. LOL!

[luplor]

Nope, I have Lilly, district 1. I will keep this short as i dont wantythe thread deleted