Emma Acosta
El Paso’s mayoral candidates were asked at a recent League of Women Voters of El Paso forum to grade our city council on their overall performance.
Six candidates graded the council and two chose not to.
Drumroll please…
Dee Margo gave them a D.
David Saucedo gave them an F.
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As El Pasoans, we will be judged by our ability and desire to protect our city’s most vulnerable citizens.
Our eight city leaders and mayor stand at a moral crossroads where their decisions will affect two opposing groups of El Paso citizens.
The Latino and poor. The disenfranchized and voiceless.
The 1% and powerful. The wealthy and entitled.
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This past Wednesday, January 11, at close to the noon hour, Western Refinery sustained a release of what has been identified as sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere near the Lakeside, Ascarate and Bassett neighborhood areas.
According to ABC-7’s reporting of the incident, the event started at 11:43 a.m. and ended at 7:43 p.m. that night. That’s almost 8 hours of potentially toxic chemical release.
During that time, it has been estimated that more than 2,000 pounds of the chemical gas was released into the area and surrounding neighborhoods.
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