WHEN YOU HOPE YOUR WATER POLICY WILL JUST HAPPEN

From 76-80 we drove from El Paso many times to jump off the cliffs. This was a magnificent body of water.   But because the universities were not addressing city planning as part of their master's in public administration, water policy has been ignored for decades.  On this issue I give UTEP an "F" for its Master's in Public Administration program.  It was a horrible problem.  They needed at least on masters in the political science program which the state would support, so they took the default program.

Since before Tony Martinez ran, I was calling on a water policy.  Tony having no idea what a water policy is said we could conserve.  Conservation does not work.

IT PISSES ME OFF HOW EASYILY SO MANY PEOPLE WERE TAKEN IN BY THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT ELON MUSK WAS GOING TO BUILD A DATA CENTER ON THE 444 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE PORT

The real evidence was there.  He needs the area as a staging area for the 30 or so daily rockets he will eventually need to ship to Star Base Louisiana from the manufacturing facility at Star Base Brownsville.

Brownsville did not own the land. For simply giving up zoning control over the land Brownsville got $220 million dollars for water.  What should concern people is Brownsville anticipates missing key deadlines to move the water project forward they built in endless restart options to avoid default.

The good news is, Elon Musk recognizes local social media for what it is, worthless.  But Elon Musk in his arrogance gets an "F" on the PR side. He could have clarified this early on.  But sometimes when dealing in land speculation you must hide your cards.  he has to buy this land from the landowners.  He cannot use his business model to force the owners to sell. 

SOMEONE TELL ME

Would Brownsville have looked better had the city kept the land and then zoned it exactly as Elon Musk want, while taking the $220 million, or was its smarter for the city to give up the zoning rights in exchange for the $220 million water project?

John Cowen is so corrupt he could not see how the city got a really good deal.  He hid from a truth.  He believed the truth would make him look weak.  The truth shows Brownsville got a good deal on the water, and Brownsville and Cameron County got a good deal on economic development.

THE STORY WHICH SOCIAL MEDIA IS IGNORING IS THE IMPACT ALL OF THIS WILL HAVE THE PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME

As this was happening in Austin fixed income seniors were forced to leave the city.  The additional property taxes and inflation forced them to move 200 plus miles from their doctors and support system. We need to address this problem.  Brownsville has no one on staff who understands city planning.  

Everyone needs to study Daniel Cavasos OPED piece on this matter.