Had a little break there. Between hunting and National Eating Day, I was booked. So what happened while I was gone?
Looks like your congressperson wants the city to buy El Paso Electric... The same city that has to grab certificates of obligation (COs) in order to try and maintain the aging infrastructure that previous elected officials failed to take care of. I can't imagine how they'd run a utility like the electric company. And that's assuming we just forget about cost - because you don't have enough money to buy it... You can't let your grid go all to hell because you elect people afraid to spend money to fix it. Your electricity shouldn't share time with yahoos complaining about nonexistent historic districts at city council meetings.
Then again... maybe it would be fun to have rolling blackouts because council can't get along?!?!!? "Why is the power off honey?" "Well, District 5 rep interrupted city staff on a presentation about the Trolley losing money so District 3 rep got mad and left the meeting and then the mayor turned everyone's mics off and two others left and that means they lost a quorum."
And this idea of putting in more solar... are you kidding me? I'm only in if you turn Lost Dog into a solar field. That 1,000 acres might generate enough solar power to run the scoreboard at the arena you don't need.
I'm not saying you're wrong to have an opinion on this, but the city buying the utility is not an option you can afford.
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I don't know if the lovely Ms. Tamayo had National Eating Day in Austin folks, so stop asking. I did get her email saying she was letting her volunteers skip Saturday blockwalking so they could be with family. This just shows how disconnected she is. By Saturday after National Eating Day people are dying to find ways to get away from family. A nice walk around the block bothering people about voting for your gal is great idea.
Maybe she was out of town and that was an excuse? I don't know.
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Yes Ordaz's logo looks like the Taco Bell logo. I get it, ha ha, so funny! The problem is that the universal sign for a traditional Spanish mission is the bell framed into the stucco there in front of the building. Ordaz was looking to honor the area's history (which is real and documented unlike other parts of town that just suddenly become "historic" at the whim of He Who Shall Not Be Named). Taco Bell kind of screwed anyone wanting a mission themed anything.
I was hoping that Commissioner Perez would film a commercial from the roof of a mission where at the end a drone films him on the roof from afar and he says "I'm a man on a mission!"
And that, my friends, is why I get kicked out of a lot of campaign meetings. (Not Vince's meetings - he hasn't given me the invite yet. Maybe that commercial idea will inspire him.)
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I thought for sure someone was going to run for State Senate and it's not happening. If I was Leeser I'd throw my name over in that hat and go do a fun job versus the unfun job of mayor. Easy win for him with not much time investment - a few months every two years? Great deal. Plus he's an auto dealer and those guys have major clout in Austin - he'd be riding in as a connected guy from day one.
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