Tastes Like El Paso

posted some random 2008 Election numbers, the money involved, how much Reyes raised, etc.

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also added more stories at El Paso Fake News, which is only 23% faker than most El Paso Media Outlets

I’ve had fun writing the last few posts and have decided to start a new blog w/ just fake news. It can be found at: http://elpasofakenews.wordpress.com

El Paso– David Sanchez looks down at his sneakers and the Made in China label and recalls what he was doing on November 23, 1971, the day China was seated in the U.N. Security Council. “It was a glorious day. I was shopping downtown when I saw a crowd gathered by a t.v. in front of a store and the news was being broadcast.”

Many El Pasoans tell us that they will spend the day celebrating this great day in history at Walmart and other retailers purchasing much needed household goods, many of which were undoubtedly made in China.

Press Release From Michael Ackes:

In 2004, I started Baking And Kicking Enchiladas (B.A.K.E) in order to further my hobby of baking and then kicking enchiladas. The organization took off like a wildfire on a sandy beach in the rain and soon we had a board of directors and more members than we could effectively control.

Due to conflict of interest; lack of support from my Board of Directors I am unable to continue my work for BAKE as the Executive Director and Cheese Investigator.

Although I leave BAKE with mixed feelings of sadness and happiness I leave  with NO regrets as I know I have given beyond the call of duty and made a tremendous difference in the lives of many El Pasoans who never knew about the pleasures of baking and kicking enchiladas.

I want to thank everyone that supported my efforts in making BAKE successful I truly appreciate your support without you I could not have done the work that I did.

Sincerely,

Michael Akes

Founder, Baking and Kicking Enchiladas (BAKE) of El Paso

EL PASO — Members of the school board of the Socorro Independent School District on Tuesday briefly introduced its newly appointed 12-year-old district superintendent  who was chosen unanimously over several current superintendents from different cities, several local assistant superintendents, former board presidents, current and retired educators and past candidates for the position.After interviewing 13 candidates for the position left vacant by former superintendent Atkins who was run out of town for instituting the concept of accountability and expecting results, trustees on Monday night appointed Timmy Soya, a 6th grade student at Socorro Middle School, as the new district Superintendent.

Trustee Greg Patton said he was impressed with the poise and maturity shown by Soya during the interview process.Patton likened Soya to Hannah Montana, before she became famous, adding that he offers a new perspective for the board.

“He is really quite amazing for a young person of 12,” Patton said. “Generally speaking, I think people may think, ‘What are you smoking, picking an 12-year-old punk kid?’ but again she is like no other 12-year-old that I have ever met before.”

As the new superintendent, Soya will have to contend with a community that was divided during the tenure of former Superintendent Sylvia Q. Atkinson, must help select a new board and must deal with economic strains that threaten district budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars.”It doesn’t matter how old you are,” Soya said. “What matters is how stupid those around you are and trust me, those around the SISD are pretty stupid”.

EL PASO –Practicing bad manners by refusing to say “bless you” when someone near you sneezes could get you in trouble, and not just with Mom.Starting this week, the police could become involved, too.

The City Council on Tuesday voted 7-0 to adopt a new ordinance that makes it a Class C misdemeanor for an able-bodied person with the ability to speak, to neglect to say “bless you” when someone near them sneezes.

Violators of the new ordinance could be fined up to $500.

“I know this sounds silly, but there are a lot of inconsiderate people around us every day,” said Lori Bug, a Sun Metro passenger who uses a wheelchair. “Many times, I have seen a constable ask someone to say bless you but that person won’t do it.”City officials said that they didn’t have specific figures on the numbers of complaints they received about this problem, but that based on customer service calls, they could tell this was a “significant problem.”

Under the new ordinance, persons will be required to ask violators to say “bless you” if someone sneezes.  If that person refuses to say “bless you”, the person is instructed to call the police. Police have been instructed to make such calls a top priority.

“I just can’t believe that this is such a big problem. … I can’t believe here are people who wouldn’t say bless you. Just the other day, I saw an old man say “salud” but not “bless you” said Robert Cat, a UTEP student who rides the bus to school every day. “This is just an issue of being brought up right by your mom.”Members of the City Council were equally incredulous.

“If you don’t know to say “bless you” or to have tax payers subsidize billionaires, then you’re an idiot,” said South-West city Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

Signs announcing the new ordinance are expected to start going up city-wide this week, said officials.

It seems like he was talking about the El Paso Times:

From CNet, Rupert Murdoch to media:  “The complacency stems from having enjoyed a monopoly–and now finding they have to compete for an audience they once took for granted. The condescension that many show their readers is an even bigger problem. It takes no special genius to point out that if you are contemptuous of your customers, you are going to have a hard time getting them to buy your product. Newspapers are no exception.”

We can have both, we don’t need Western Refinery’s permission. Its called Eminent Domain and we all know how City Council feels about that.

From the El Paso Times, on Airway extension outcry: “Officials with Western Refinery had told the city that they would be willing to let the extension of Airway cut through their property, as long as the city was willing to close parts of Trowbridge to through traffic.”

I think the Lionstar featured this website already but with the issue back on the news, I thought it was worth another look.

Citizens Make The Call is the website of Jimmy Janacek, a retired CPA/Rancher who moved to El Paso to retire about ten years ago. The site takes the El Paso Water Utilities to task on a wide range of issues which are broken down.
Looks very interesting, worth a read. Check out: Citizens Make the Call @ www.citizensmakethecall.com

1. A  degree- from any institution, be it an ivy league one or not, does NOT qualify you for any office. In fact it is quite insulting to be asked to vote for you on the basis of your degree alone. You will be collecting and deciding how to spend hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars as well as impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people . Please know something about “the real world” other than utopian, pie in the sky ideals you learned in college.
2. Owning a home- while not a qualification per se, is highly desired. An elected official who votes on how many taxes you pay should know what it is like to pay property taxes directly.
3. Experience- please have some. In anything. Some good ones that come to mind are: military, business, entrepeneurship, law enforcement, education, whatever. School does not count. See #1 above.

This is an ongoing list, feel free to submit your own.

A disagreement boiled over during last week’s County Commissioner’s Meeting over who the court selected as its federal lobbyist which ended with County commissioner-elect Willie Gandara Jr. saying, “You do what you want to do. We come in in January. Welcome to the county.”

Afterward, some opined that lame duck commissioners should give deference to the newly elected ones or at least postpone big decisions. I disagree.

While I support any move to change the rules (state rules I reckon) to get rid of lame duck officials immediately or to cancel all major meetings/ purchases/ decisions until the new officials are seated, the fact remains that Commissioners and all elected officials were elected by the people to serve a full term.

Until the rules are changed, they should not be expected to abdicate their responsibilities. However, it wouldn’t hurt to cancel all meetings in which lame ducks preside over.

As a side note, I didn’t see the meeting but I wonder why did Commissioner Elect Gandara get upset? He isn’t an actual Commissioner yet. The lame ducks can vote however they please.