1/03/23
Dear Mayor & Council:
Congratulations to the new council members and good luck to all as you begin your work in this administration.
Please consider that the main reason for the controversy and delay in implementing the MPC Bond project is the fact that as time has passed more and more people have become aware of the City’s lack of transparency in its implementation of the bond, including the deceptive bond language, the decision to prevent voters from choosing among 3 projects, and the 4 -year delay in formally selecting and announcing the Duranguito location. Voters have learned about and remember that the City denied the neighborhood’s historical and cultural value for several years and callously disregarded residents’ interests displacing many families from the neighborhood.
The number of El Pasoans who are well aware of the City’s failings has now reached a critical mass and voters will no longer tolerate the use of undemocratic and high pressure tactics to develop projects which misuse taxpayer funds.
Many have said that the litigation is the cause for the project’s lack of progress but the litigation has actually helped to uncover the city’s heavy-handed and murky actions. The discovery process in the litigation and the hard work of investigative reporters in filing open records requests and disclosing the information are the reason the voters have taken action to elect this Council and to defeat an arena or a massive new building project in Duranguito. Please rectify this situation.
Thank you for your time and your service to the people of El Paso.
Community First Coalition 