The city has done it, finally: Letters to the Editor
Dec. 9, 2017, I wrote to City Hall:
When I joined traffic engineer Ted Márquez and Rep. Susie Byrd yesterday in repetitive drives around the dangerous curve south bound on Alabama Street, we discussed not only the need for a bicycle lane, but also the fact that the north bound lanes of Alabama, from McKelligon Canyon Road down to where Fred Wilson peels off to the right, has three dangerously narrow lanes. With heavy traffic from the quarry, sand and gravel trucks and cement mixers on that short, curved segment of Alabama, there’s no room at all for bicyclists, and it’s dangerously scary for regular automobile traffic. Two wider lanes would be a lot safer and leave room for a bicycle lane.
Now, I applaud the new lane markings and safe bicycle lanes along Alabama! One caveat: The city must now keep the curb-side bicycle lanes clear of over-hanging shrubbery, weeds at the curb, dirt and debris washed into them by rain so bicyclists don’t swerve into a motor traffic lane when their lane is dangerous.
Sue W. DiCaraNortheast El Paso
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Raiz, terrible name choice
TFCU's new name is a typical El Paso Spanglish catastrophe. If they wanted the entity to be known as "rise" why did they not name it that? Instead, they take a perfectly good Spanish word, and they misspell it (without the accent over the i), mispronounce it, and change its meaning. This is even worse than naming a credit union, Evolve.
Eduardo Alazraqui
East El Paso
Round of applause for EP Water
Huge kudos to El Paso Water crews for working non-stop to fix the water main break in my neighborhood on Via Descanso Drive and Ojo de Agua Drive. I saw these crews work tirelessly 24/7 to restore water to our neighborhood. After being angry with you for not moving downtown, you have changed my perception of you, so round of applause for a job well done.
Leondra Daniels
West El Paso
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Support Capacity for Care Bond
As a community physician for over 30 years, I have seen the demand of health care outpace the available supply of resources. As an example, some of our hospitals frequently run out of available bed space, we lack adequate technology to treat complex diseases, and we don’t have levels of specialists that other cities in Texas with similar populations have.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer as COVID-19 began to spread and El Paso didn’t have the resources to treat her condition. As a result, she traveled to Dallas for appointments and treatment for several months. Although she received excellent care, there were several sacrifices that many in El Paso cannot afford to make.I am in full support of the Capacity for Care Bond request. I don’t like paying taxes any more than the next person, but I understand the consequences of this request failing. El Paso deserves a level of care, and full access to care, that supports our population and reduces the burden of seeking care elsewhere.
David Monticone
East El Paso
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