From the Senator's Desk . . .
February 22, 2007
We have an exciting agenda this legislative session. Right now, El Paso is the best place to be. With Ft. Bliss, our Medical Center of the Americas and Downtown Revitalization, El Paso is on the move.
Written by Senator Eliot Shapleigh, www.shapleigh.org
Golden Sky Over El Paso
Here’s the golden sky over South El Paso. Nothing like a beautiful El Paso evening to remind us how lucky we all are to live here in God’s Country.
We have an exciting agenda this legislative session. Right now, El Paso is the best place to be. With Ft. Bliss, our Medical Center of the Americas and Downtown Revitalization, El Paso is on the move.
Right now, we are working on an appropriation to fund the faculty we need to open our four-year medical school. The funding is already in the base budget in the House and Senate. As the session moves forward, we will pass bills and riders to take care of Ft. Bliss. We will fund UTEP’s program and improve the graduation rate to 50% by 2015.
We will start work on a comprehensive smart growth framework for El Paso so we don’t see more damage from floods like we did in August 2006.
And we will work to educate our children and develop a 21st Century education system---always my #1 priority.
Keep the faith!
Tu Senador
