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The mission of the El Paso Community First Coalition (CFC) is to empower our diverse community to bring about improvements in social, economic, ecological, and political conditions.
News
CFC’S Strategic Planning for Growth and Action
January 2025
Community First Coalition steering committee members participated in the second CFC Strategic Planning session, led by steering committee member Carol Brey. We clarified goals, prioritizing climate change action and affordable housing, and developed strategies for expansion, including the revised and streamlined website. Members took the lead in establishing several task forces. Thanks also to Carol Brey who facilitated CFC’s first Strategic Plan in 2024.
CFC’s Push to Limit Big Donors in Local Elections
October 2024
Before the election, CFC leaders held a press conference on big money in local elections, gaining local TV coverage. CFC and Justicia Fronteriza PAC advocate for $1,000 caps on campaign contributions to prevent large donors from influencing council decisions. Despite collecting over 11,000 petition signatures and meeting with council representatives, their efforts to pass an ordinance have failed. This remains an issue.
El Paso Mayor and City Council Candidate Forum
October 2024
On October 5th, the CFC, the El Paso League of Women Voters, and the El Paso Community College Government Discipline co-hosted the largest and most comprehensive city candidate forum for 23 candidates running for seven seats: 270 attended the EPCC Valle Verde campus. See the many pictures on the CFC Facebook PAGE on that date. League leaders also registered voters at the event.
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Op-Eds
In Duranguito, city should prioritize ending longstanding neglect of the neighborhood
By Carmen Rodríguez
1/2/2025
Three city administrations have come and gone in the last 12 years and Barrio Durangito remains in a state of oblivion. Everyone wants to know the plans for Duranguito now that funding an arena was rejected by voters last November. Either no one knows, or no one wants to say.
Guess Who Wants You To Pay For Connecting Water And Sewer To Their Developments?
By Jerry Kurtyka
4/18/2024
I attended one of the forums held by El Paso Water Utilities this week to explain the logic of Impact (connection) Fees. These are fees charged to developers to extend water and sewer service to new projects, based on a projection of how many new meters will be installed.
Will Proposition C End Up On A Shelf Asks Jerry Kurtyka In A Guest Editorial
By Jerry Kurtyka
4/8/2024
When Proposition C was passed by El Paso voters in 2022, they expected to see the results promised on the ballot. The proposition’s $5.2 million bond issue was to construct, improve, renovate, expand, and enhance City facilities for renewable energy and other improvements.
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