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Laredo Youth Council Meeting 031423
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I
also
know
like,
if
you
guys
need
like
a
camera,
like
my
teacher
over
there,
magnificent
works
with
audio
and
visual,
and
they
have
like
cameras
like
you
can
borrow.
We
just
I
just
have
to
ask
them
and
I
think
I
already
asked
him
he's
like
yeah.
Just
tell
me
when
you
need
them
and
like
all
that
stuff,
and
you
know
how
about
that's.
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J
So
my
name
is
Melissa:
I
do
represent
District
3,
which
is
a
lot
of
the
neighborhoods
off
of
359
and
The
Heights
area
and
some
of
the
neighborhoods
between
Clark
to
359,
going
down
that
section
so
Cheyenne
and
then
to
the
right.
Ponderosa
Hills.
If
you
recognize
those
neighborhood
names,
it's
a
new
District.
So
that's
why
I
tend
to
try
to
describe
it
because
it's
only
been
in
existence
since
redistricting
occurred
after
the
census.
J
I
was
elected
in
November,
with
the
the
2022
election
and
I
was
elected
to
my
platform
was
to
have
oversight
over
the
the
water
Improvement
that
we
need
the
water
infrastructure.
So
that's
pipes
and
we've
had
issues
with
problems
with
the
pipes
and
then
also
because
of
the
way
they're
laid
out
in
the
grid.
I,
don't
know
if
you
remember
the
boil
water
notices
that
I
heard
through
oversight,
Tax
Commission,
Environmental
Quality
was
overseeing
some
of
that.
That's
an
issue
with
development
and
how
those
pipes
are
late
and
then.
J
J
Really
old,
yes
and
it
had
to
be
replaced
so
on
the
on
the
scale
of
the
city,
you're
talking
about
miles
and
miles
and
miles
of
hype,
it
ends
up
being
very
expensive
and
so
I
explained
to
Residents.
That
I
was
very
interested
in
making
sure
that
the
contracts
to
replace
it
were
contracts
that
were
done
with
good
companies
and
and
that.
J
And
a
plan
to
see
it
through
that
I
can
tell
you.
The
city
is
pretty
much
taken
care
of
I
thought
that,
as
a
council,
member
I
would
have
a
a
more
a
dramatic
role
in
making
sure
that
all
of
this
happened.
Understanding
I
have
zero
experience
and
utilities
and
how
they
run
but
kind
of
on
that
oversight.
Level
turns
out.
We
have
a
city
Department
that
functions
to
do
that.
J
It's
doing
a
pretty
good
job,
so
my
role
during
the
budgeting
process
will
be
making
sure
that
the
priorities
that
the
utilities
department
puts
forward,
that
those
priorities
are
met
and
they
usually
have
realistic
plans
on
how
to
divide
up
that
work.
If
you're
looking
at
a
what
is
estimated
to
be
a
500
million
dollar
project
to
replace
all
the
water
pipe
that
needs
to
be
replaced
because
of
its
age.
It's
something
that
a
city
of
our
sides
cannot
undertake
in
one
year,
it'll
be
done
over
several
years.
J
That
has
it's
already
started,
and
this
is
just
to
make
sure
that
the
plan
continues
to
roll
out
and
suspended
to
the
levels
that
that
we
can
afford
it,
and
that
makes
sense
for
us
another
item
that
I
spoke
about
during
my
time
as
a
candidate
was
seen
through
a
bi-national
river
conservation
project
along
the
river
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you've
heard
about
that.
J
It's
a
green
space
that
essentially
asked
the
city
to
look
towards
the
river
and
appreciate
it
for
the
amenity
that
I
think
it
should
be
to
develop
areas
that
will
attract
people
to
the
to
the
side.
Instead
of
looking
at
as
our
backyard,
which,
again
in
many
Texas
City,
they
haven't
always
appreciated
their
natural
resources
to
look
at
developing
it
in
a
way
that
is
not
necessarily
building
a
building.
J
J
What
state
we
were
at
the
City
of
Austin,
also
advocating
for
City
projects?
Okay,
what
state
dollars
are
available
to
improve,
have
better
quality
of
life
projects
here
in
the
city
and
as
a
council
member
I
get
to
participate
in
math,
which
is
which
is
very
cool
I
enjoy
that
part
I
come
from
this.
The
reason
why
I
I
joined
Council,
for
one
of
the
reasons
why,
as
an
advocate,
you
know
your
your
promoting
these
ideas,
my
big
one
is
just
a
couple
years.
J
Past
was
coming
back
to
the
Forefront,
is
being
against
a
border
wall.
For
me
that
was
very
important
that
we
preserved
the
lands
along
our
River's
Edge
for
future
Generations.
A
border
wall
means
turning
over
land,
the
title
of
that
land
city
land
to
the
federal
government
at
the
time
and
now
you'll
hear
that
the
state
of
Texas
is
trying
to
use
eminent
domain
to
also
take
City
lands
along
the
River's
Edge
to
build
a
very
destructive,
environmentally
destructive,
a
non-secure.
J
In
my
opinion,
barrier,
that's
not
going
to
promote
the
overall
security
of
our
city
and
I
think
also
wastes
a
lot
of
time.
Control
of
those
lands
forever
it's
in
perpetuity.
So
as
an
advocate
I
was
very
passionate
about
it
and
participated
collaboratively
with
a
lot
of
other
people
to
be
against
this
wall.
J
Try
to
raise
the
profile
of
that
and
show
people
in
our
city
how
they
they,
if
they
wanted
to
join
the
effort,
what
they
could
do
positively
to
impact
that
in
in
2020,
that
was
Voting
in
the
election
and
in
2022,
that's
going
to
mean
calling
our
our
local
officials,
our
state
representatives,
highlighting
the
fact
that
the
state
of
Texas
usually
supports
landowner
rights.
It's
a
big!
It's
a
big
idea
in
the
state
of
Texas
that,
if
you're
a
landowner,
you
control
what
happens
on
your
land.
J
We
want
our
community
to
decide
what
security
means
we
want
it
to
be
science-based,
evidence-based
and
the
state
of
Texas
is
providing
none
of
that
currently,
but
being
a
council
member
allows
you
to
raise
these
issues
that
you're
very
passionate
about
when
they
affect
your
city
in
a
bigger
way.
So
I
have
a
bigger
megaphone
now
to
do
it.
I
I!
Try
to
do
that
responsibly.
I,
don't
mean
to
say
that
it's
whatever
you
think
should
be
out
there.
J
J
So
a
lot
of
residents
don't
understand
what
their
City
all
the
services
that
are
provided
all
the
things
that
go
into
making
the
decisions
to
provide
those
services
and
how
they
can
reach
constituents.
Homeowners
at
a
local
level
and
I'm
setting
up
town
hall
meetings
in
every
neighborhood
and
and
that's
my
pledge
right
to
go
to
Every
knit
small
neighborhood
find
a
meeting
place
and
then
tell
them
what
services
are
available
and
really
listen
to
see
what
the
residents,
what
services
they
feel
are
lacking.
F
J
J
So
cariso
Kane
came
across
with
the
Spanish
settlers
to
build
thatch
for
the
cuts
and
the
construction
that
they
used
to
do
back
then
well,
karisokane
is
incredibly
difficult
to
get
rid
of,
and
it
the
the
structure
of
it
lives
deep
in
the
soil
and
it
lives
right
on
the
Riverbanks.
It's
incredibly
thirsty.
It
takes
about
30
gallons
of
water
a
day
per
plant
and
if
you've
seen
our
Riverside,
there
are
in
thousands
of
plants
of
garissa
along
the
riverbank.
J
The
by
national
River
conservation
project
plan
is
to
mitigate
that
to
if
you
encourage
native
and
it's
invasive,
so
it
crowds
out
native
species.
So
if
you
create
a
plan
to
plant
native
species
to
encourage
their
development,
you
will
crowd
out
the
invasives
native
plants
tend
to
take
in
less
water,
because
they
are
you
know
in
our
climate,
if
you're
a
NATO
plant,
you
need
less
water
to
survive
just
because
of
the
the
conditions
of
this
climate.
J
So
it
is
helpful
to
preserve
water
quantity
in
the
river
if
we
have
less
invasives
and
the
conservation
project
intends
to
do
that.
We
used
to
have
trees
along
our
banks
that
were
all
cut
down,
I
think
to
make
all
of
Fort
Macintosh
to
build
those
buildings.
Reforestation
is
part
of
the
plan
because
you
want
shade.
You
want
cover
and
native
trees
can
do
that
with
less
water
right
now.
The
trees
that
grow
along
the
banks
are
something
that
we
call
Salt
Cedar.
J
It
turns
out
they're
not
really
a
cedar,
it's
some
other
technical
name,
but
we
know
it
is
salt
Cedar.
They
take
about
200
gallons
of
water
a
day
and
again,
if
we're
trying
to
preserve
the
habitat
of
the
river,
because
it's
our
own
source
of
drinking
water,
we
have
to
mitigate
the
invasives
and
the
Damage
that
they
do
so.
The
conservation
project
is
meant
to
conserve
the
resource
of
the
river
and
the
habitat.
J
We
have
seen
Rivers
die,
you
know
if
you,
if
you
take
out
too
much
water,
if
you
are
not
preserving
the
habitat
along
the
banks,
those
banks
will
erode
into
the
water
cause
sedimentation
and
pollution.
And
again,
it's
our
only
source
of
drinking
water.
It's
a
problem
and
rivers
can
die
so
it
who
are
going
to
have
a
sustainable
Community
here.
The
ecosystem
along
the
banks
needs
to
be
a
concern
and
one
of
the
ways
we
can
do
that
is
to
create
this
project
to
mitigate
the
invasives
along
the
riverbank.
J
So
that's
part
of
what
the
binational
railroad
conservation
project
will
do.
It's
also
to
create
a
green
space.
It's
a
gathering
space
I
mean
you're
you're,
investing
in
and
creating
an
ecologically
more
beautiful
place
that
should
attract
people,
and
if
you
do
that,
then
above
the
Riverside,
where
you
can
build
right
out
of
the
flood
plain,
then
we
should
see
development
of
local
businesses
who
are
catering
to
those
needs
of
all
the
people
who
are
gathered
there,
and
so
it
can
be
also
economic,
revitalization,
which
is
a
positive
for
the
project.
J
Is
it
is
a
closer,
but
that's
where
the
mitigation
of
invases
will
be
very
important,
because
they're
in
the
flood,
plain
and
they're
able
to
their
roots
are
able
to
reach
the
water?
That's
in
the
river
and
and
that's
why
they
they're
growing
like
crazy,
but
creating
a
green
space
and
making
it
resilient
for
even
a
flood
event
is
doable.
I
mean
it
happens
in
many
other
communities
as
well,
and
so
you're.
Creating
this
green
space
on
one
side
and
then
we
also
our
partners
are
doing
the
same
along
their
Riverbank.
J
In
total,
it's
about
a
thousand
acres
which
would
be
unique.
You
won't
see
something
like
that.
Any
other
place
in
the
world
to
have
such
a
large
land
space
and
I.
The
the
security
that
we
want
to
layer
in
is
an
alternative
to
something
very
destructive
and
and
a
physical
barrier
that
doesn't
make
any
sense
and
and
in
our
opinion,
sends
up
the
wrong
message
to
our
neighbors
and
our
trading
partners
in
Mexico
right.
J
If
we
can
create
a
safe
space
with
this
park
with
this
green
space,
then
we
improve
security
by
bringing
more
people
and
kind
of
shining
a
light
and
having
all
the
Cockroaches
disappear.
That's
the
idea,
but
also
creating
an
economic
stimulator,
because
when
you
give
people
our
alternatives
to
participating
in
activities
illegal
activities,
subversive
activities,
it
helps
you
get
more
people
on
your
side,
less
crime
and
what
we
hope
to
be
less
climate
in
a
more
secure
border.
J
Actually
we
border
border
patrol
is
part
of
this
group.
That's
working
on
the
design
fans
for
the
park
and
security
measures
will
be
layered
in
so
technology
virtual
wall
cameras
Lighting
in
certain
places
they
stay.
Sensors
I'm
not
quite
sure
what
the
sensors
mean
but
ways
to
increase
the
eyes
that
are
on
this
area
of
this
public
area.
J
Part
of
it
part
of
the
plan
and
then
you're
also
putting
a
line
of
sight,
so
border
patrol
is
very
it's
part.
Line
of
sight
is
important
to
their
security
measures
so,
but
right
now
what
they
do
they're
just
some
in
some
areas
they
choose
just
to
mow
down
everything,
and
that
creates
a
destabilized
river
bank
and
causes
can
cause
a
lot
of
erosion.
I
I
D
H
A
day
so
and
I'll,
let
me
let
me
talk
a
little
bit
about
City
management
in
general.
Right
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
my
past
and
then
we'll
come
into
how
Laredo
operates
and
and
we'll
walk
all
the
way
through
and
then
hopefully,
I
won't
give
you
much
time
for
questions
at
the
end
right.
Okay,
no,
it's
a
all
right,
so
the
city
manager
position
is
essentially
a
a
conduit
between
the
elected
officials
at
the
top
and
the
services
on
the
organizational
chart
right.
H
So
my
job
as
city
manager
is
to
translate
the
vision
and
the
directives
of
the
elected
officials
of
the
city
and
we
translate
it
through
and
then
I
turn
it
into
action
through
all
of
the
Departments,
no
matter
all
the
services
that
the
city
provides.
That's
what
a
city
manager
does
I've
worked
in
communities
for
over
25
years,
I've
worked
in
three
communities
in
Indiana.
H
My
smallest
Community
was
a
town
of
1200
people.
Now
does
everybody
know
the
population
of
Laredo
260
thousand
two
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
right
at
plus
or
minus
so
there's
260
000
people
in
the
City
of
Laredo
I
work
for
a
town
of
1
200
people
in
that
population.
We
had
five
people
on
staff
that
did
the
job.
My
Police
Department
was
the
police
department
of
one.
He
was
the
police
chief,
so
really
small
communities
right
and
and
they
go
all
the
way
up
to
larger
cities
than
than
Laredo.
H
And
so
that
was
my
first
approach
into
City
management.
25
years
ago,
then
I
progressively
worked
through
two
other
communities
that
were
a
little
bit
larger
in
Indiana
and
then
I
worked
for
a
a
town
of
about
12
000
people
in
South
Dakota
and
then
I
spent
the
last
six
years
right
before
Laredo
working
in
Roswell,
New
Mexico,
and
hopefully
everybody
knows
where
Roswell
New
Mexico
is
universally.
It's
right.
H
H
So
in
Laredo
there
are
eight
districts
in
Laredo
and
there's
one
elected
official
for
each
one
of
those
eight
districts,
and
then
they
elect
an
at-large
mayor,
which
means
everybody
in
the
city
elect
that
mayor,
and
so
that's
the
governing
body
of
the
city
for
the
city
council
of
Laredo,
and
then
they
take
all
of
that
energy.
All
that
Vision
all
those
policies
and
it
flows
through
the
city
manager,
and
so
my
job
is
to
kind
of
kind
of
take.
H
All
of
that
and
then
turn
it
into
the
action
underneath
we
have
about
39
departments
within
the
City
of
Laredo.
We
have
almost
3
000
people
working
for
the
city.
So
that's
how
many
that's
how
many
employees
we
have
in
those
39
different
departments
that
we
do
and
I
I
know
you're
you're
learning
about
which
what
what
all
the
Departments
are
right?
You
probably
know
more
about
how
many
departments,
or
what's
it,
what
all
the
Departments
are
than
I
do.
But
you
know
it
goes
everything
from
Public,
Safety,
police,
fire,
emergency
dispatch.
H
So
anytime,
a
9-1-1
call
call
comes
through.
It
comes
through
our
group
and
we
we
direct
the
traffic
out
for
that
we
got
we,
we
do
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Street
repairs.
We
do.
I
was
trying
to
think
of
a
couple
other
general
fund
services
that
I
that
I
could
list
out
there,
but
City
Administration,
the
library
we
heard
the
library
mentioned
as
well
too
you
so
you
get
out
of
the
general
fund
and
and
you
move
into
What's
called
the
Enterprise
funds.
These
are
the
water
and
sewer
so
the
water.
H
We
we
take
the
water
out
of
the
Rio
Grande
and
that's
why
that's
why
the
river
is
important
to
us.
That's
where
our
water
comes
from
is
out
of
the
river,
and
then
we
treat
it
we
clean
it
up.
We
send
it
out
to
all
the
homes,
serve
the
homes
and
then,
when
you're
done
with
it
in
the
homes,
we
actually
take
it
back
and
that's
where
he
goes
to
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
and
then
they
we
clean
it
up
again
and
we
put
it
back
into
the
streams.
H
So
a
circle
of
life
kind
of
kind
of
process.
So
so
we
we
do
water
sewer
airport,
we
have
an
airport
and
so
that
that
falls
underneath
the
city's
responsibility
as
well
too
so
out
of
the
airport,
we
have
all
the
commercial
service
that
goes
comes
and
goes
so
every
time
you
fly
out
right
and
we
work
with
the
the
TSA.
We
work
with
the
FAA
out
there
in
order
to
provide
that
safe
travel.
For
that.
H
H
The
arena
is
owned
by
the
city,
the
the
stadium
stadium
is
owned
by
the
city,
and
so
we
we
actually
lease
that
out
in
order
to
have
somebody
manage
those
for
those
services
that
are
provided
in
each
one
of
them.
So
we
we
cover
the
whole
gamut
of
what
type
of
services
that
the
city
provides.
The
health
department
is
a
big
one
as
well
too,
that
that's
something
new
for
me
as
well
too,
because
not
every
city
will
assist
with
the
health
department.
H
The
way
Laredo
does
and
I
think
that's
a
really
good
benefit
for
the
city
that,
with
what
they're
doing,
because
All
City
governments,
their
primary
purpose,
is
health
and
safety
of
the
community
they
are
serving.
So
it
has
everything
to
do
with
just
health
and
safety.
So
even
the
parks
you
know
going
the
putting
in
a
basketball
court
putting
in
a
tennis
court
and
everything,
that's
health
and
safety,
because
it's
quality
of
life
as
well
too
and
council
member
talked
about
that
as
well
too.
H
Is
that
there's
this
quality
of
life
that
goes
in
there
we're
responsible
for
a
lot
of
different
things
we
partner
with
business
in
order
to
make
the
business
happen,
and
you
know
we
don't
we
don't
actually
build
build.
The
businesses
make
them
happen,
but
we
we
serve
as
that
Catalyst
for
that
the
neighborhoods
are
our
primary
purpose,
and
so
hopefully
every
business,
every
every
Chick-fil-A,
every
IHOP,
every
every
restaurant
that
comes
out
there
should
be
doing
something
for
the
community
as
well
too.
H
We
just
make
sure
that
it
all
happens
that
way.
We
we
do
Building
Inspections.
We
do
the
some
of
the
the
harder
parts
of
the
businesses
like
code
enforcement,
so
we
want
to.
We
want
to
have
people
maintain
their
property
to
a
certain
level,
because
at
one
it
raises
property
values
to
again
it's
a
health
and
safety
thing.
So
if
there
are
too
many
abandoned
vehicles
on
the
property
or
a
lot
of
trash
or
Garbage
it,
it
attracts
other
Vermin
and
things
that
could
interrupt
health
and
safety
of
the
city.
H
So
everything
we
do
ties
right
back
to
that,
whether
it
be
for
the
for
the
mine
or
the
or
the
body.
Let
me
see
trying
to
think
of
anything
else.
That
might
be
interesting
with
that
other
otherwise,
I'll
just
take
questions.
I
run
out
of
things
to
say:
that's
not
normal
for
me,
but
it
is
it's.
We
we
govern
all
the
way
through
that
so
Human
Resources.
H
Probably
we
all
look
for
hiring
hiring
the
best
you
know
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
they
we
train
them
in
order
to
do
all
these
jobs
that
are
out
there.
So
it's
a
good
career
choice.
You
guys
don't
go
elsewhere,
come
see
me,
but
it's
it's
a
really
rewarding
job.
You
know
I,
I
and
I.
Think
in
my
interview
and
everything
somebody
had
asked
me
at
one
point
in
time:
what's
going
to
be
my
legacy
within
within
this
search,
and
it's
that
I
made
a
difference
in
somebody
else's
life
and
I.
H
Think
that's
something
that's
very
important
to
a
lot
of
people.
Is
that
and
it
may
be
as
simple
as
I
made,
that
dog
quit
barking
that
has
been
bothering
Mrs
Smith
down
the
road.
You
know
we
have
the
ability
to
help,
make
sure
that
we
can.
We
just
go.
Ask
the
dog:
that's
how
we
get
the
dog
to
quit.
Bark
I'm
kidding.
I
H
B
Well,
City,
obviously
like
managing
a
city
is
not
a
one-man
job
and
obviously
like
standards
have
to
change.
I
went
to
go,
look
at
the
health
department
I
had
mentioned
earlier,
and
while
I
was
there,
I
got
to
do
an
inspection
on
the
stripes
and,
like
the
inspection,
the
inspection
was
really
subpar.
So
how
does
like
your
job
and
your
position
help
like
regulate
standards
and
improve
standards
when
it
comes
to
the
safety
of
the
city?.
H
You
know,
there's
a
there's,
a
couple
different
ways:
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit,
probably
from
just
my
viewpoint.
More
than
anything
else.
We
have
the
laws.
We
have
the
regulation,
let's
just
start
with
that
as
well
too.
So
we
established
what
those
requirements
are
now
federal
government
state
government,
local
government
right,
that's
kind
of
that
pecking
order
is
how
it
goes.
So
we
try
to
take
the
federal
laws
they
get.
H
They
get
broken
down
in
the
state
laws
and
then
they
get
broken
down
into
local
laws
and
how
we
how
we
govern
through
that
so
there's
a
regulatory
side.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it
meets
all
those
conditions.
All
the
way
up
and
down
our
inspectors
go
out
and
and
verify
that
every
the
way
I
I
try
to
train
for
code
enforcement
or
anybody
that
goes
out
and
does
an
inspection
on
that.
H
We
start
by
teaching
them
saying.
Are
you
aware
that
you're
you're,
in
violation
of
whatever
it
is
the
police
officers,
do
that
to
you?
For
if
you
stop
you
for
speeding
or
anything
else
anyway,
you
know
it's
not
to
bother
you
it's
to
make
sure
that
you're,
safe
and
so
the
idea
that
are
you
aware
that
you
were
speeding
right
same
thing
with
the
health
care
or
the
the
health
of
in
the
inspections
of
a
business
or
the
the
food,
whatever
the
food
preparation,
so
I
always
start
with
the
process
of
an
educational?
H
Are
you
aware
that
this
is
this
is
a
problem
and
then
hopefully
you
have
that
interaction,
a
good
interaction
with
them
that
no
I
wasn't
aware.
Yes,
I
can
fix
it
and
then
okay.
Well,
how
quickly
can
you
get
it
done
because
there's
also
how
long?
How
long
has
it
been
there?
You
know
we
we
don't
know.
We
just
know
that
it
needs
to
be
fixed
going
forward.
So
it's
really
important
to
know
that
deadline
or
that
timeline
when
they
can
get
it
taken
care
of
so
worst
case
scenario.
H
Is
that
if
we
don't
get
that
good
relationship,
then
we
go
to
essentially
shutting
down
that
business
or
shutting
down
that
that
until
it's
taken
care
of
and
then
we
we
also
have
a
legal
team
with
us
as
well
too.
So
you
know,
if
it
goes
to
that
level,
then
it
may
have
to
go
to
court.
It
may
have
to
be
proven
a
lot
of
different
ways,
and
so
those
are
the
processes
that
we
use,
but
always
start
on
the
educational
side
and
say:
are
you
aware
that
this
needs
to
be
corrected.
D
D
H
H
You
know
having
that
that
that's
that's
where
a
lot
of
our
funding
comes
from.
We
live
off
of
property
tax,
so
everybody
that
owns
property
in
town.
They
pay
something
into
us
sales
tax,
which
is
our
grocery
seats.
Every
time
you
buy
a
good,
we
get
a
little
bit
of
that
as
well
too,
and
then,
of
course,
I
mentioned
the
Enterprise
funds
and
those
are
user
fee
driven,
and
so
they
have
to
operate
on
independently
on
their
own.
H
I
H
You
know
what
and
I
was
talking
to.
We
were
mayor
and
I
were
talking
to
a
group
from
Germany
today
and
and
what's
really
cool
about
Laredo.
Is
that
our
impact
with
the
the
border
is
so
much
different
than
even
El
Paso
or
anybody
else
and
I
think
it's
that
relationship
that
we
all
have
and-
and
so
it's
really,
it's
really
cool-
to
see
that
so
truly
I
knew
about
Laredo
from
the
movies.
H
Let's
put
it
that
way:
right,
Streets
of
Laredo,
all
those
westerns
right
and
didn't
really
know
it
until
I
started
interviewing
for
this
job
and
I'll
tell
you
that
you
guys
you're
in
a
very
blessed
area,
a
very
nice
area
that
the
people
care
about
each
other,
and
that
is
something
that
that
is
really
really
really
really
really
good.
So
but
yeah.
H
No,
let
me
tell
you
I
guess
and
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
my
history
with
the
city
government.
In
the
first
place,
the
city's
challenges
the
biggest
challenge
the
city
has
is
focusing
on
anything
to
get
it
done,
because
we
don't
have
we.
We
don't
have
enough
money
to
take
care
of
everything
and
council
members.
Figueroa
talked
about
fixing
infrastructure,
that's
75
years
old
80,
you
know
the
tight
pipe
is
is
hasn't
been
used
for
a
long
time.
Just
so
you
know,
but.
H
H
I
H
That's
kind
of
a
thing
here:
it
doesn't
and
I
can
shake
hands
with
the
best
of
them,
but
the
extra
hug
I
gotta
get
used
to
and
but
it,
but
that
that
relationship
is
very,
very
important
and
I
I
think
that's
something
that
you
can't
find
on
a
spreadsheet.
You
can't
find
on
it
on
the
Google
Map
and
the
other.
The
other
thing
is
what
I
was
alluding
to
was
it
doesn't
talk
about
the
focus,
that's
needed
to
get
things
done.
H
It
talks
about
a
lot
of
the
challenges
and
I'll
tell
you
that
on
the
news
in
the
newspapers
and
everything
there's
a
tendency
to
focus
on
the
bad,
not
the
good.
The
good
gets
like
third
billing.
It
gets
like
on
the
third
page,
fourth
page
and
everything
else,
and
so
it's
the
bad
news.
It
takes
the
headline
usually
and
if
we
could
change
that
around
a
little
bit,
it
would
be
better
because
I
like
to
focus
on
the
positive,
not
the
negative,
I
like
to
eliminate
the
negative.
H
But
that's
what
I've
learned
more
of
is
that
it
hasn't
changed
at
only
probably
for
the
better
I
mentioned
in
a
meeting
that
I'll
I
will
defend.
The
city.
I
will
defend
its
people
to
the
best
of
my
ability,
because
I
believe
that
Laredo
deserves
it
and
I,
don't
know
what
one
person
can
do,
but
I
guess
it
all
starts
with
one
right.
So
yeah
is
that
answer
your
question
or
did
I
tap
dance
around
it
because
I.
H
H
B
You
thank
you
all
right,
I
had
one
question
for
you
that
I
wasn't
able
to
get
to.
We
were
talking
about
this,
like
at
one
of
our
first
meetings.
How
like
Federal
elections,
get
a
lot
of
the
glory
right
and
you've
got
like
a
lot
of
the
pizzazz
when
it
comes
to
the
media.
So
how
like
for
you
as
a
local
official
that
I
got
elected
locally
like
what
were
the
challenges
when
it
came
to
actually
getting
your
voice
out
there
right,
so
that
local
community,
because
you
know
you're
gonna,
have
fun.
J
Also
social
media
and
I
am
from
a
generation
that
did
not
really
participate
in
all
of
that
and
had
a
lot
of
challenges,
so
campaigns
often
find
Consultants
to
help
them.
That
was
the
one
person.
I
did
look
for
somebody
to
help
me
with
social
media,
because
I
didn't
know
a
lot
of
Facebook
page.
That's
not
like
a
Facebook
account.
J
J
B
J
J
It
every
day,
then
you
can
get
to
to
meet
people,
and
you
you
understand
too,
that
you're
knocking
on
doors.
You
try
to
find
a
time
to
knock
on
doors
when
people
are
home,
don't
always
find
them
at
home
and
neighborhoods
they're,
big
neighborhoods,
and
if
you're
going
to
have
an
interaction
with
somebody,
that's
not
more
than
30
seconds
right.
You
know,
there's
no
way
to
reach
everybody
so
you're
just
trying
to
do
it
as
much
as
you
can
consistently.
I
J
I
J
Not
everybody
participates
in
that
way,
which
is
fine,
but
if
I
could
do
that,
then
the
other
people
in
the
neighborhood
would
know
that
I
was
there.
That
I
was
that
I
had
spoken
to
their
neighbor
and
again,
whether
they
agreed
with
me
or
not.
At
least
they
knew
I'm
making
the
effort
to
try
to
figure
out
what
are
the
concerns
in
that
neighborhood?
Where,
where
do
they
want
to
see
change?
What
are
the
issues
that
are
important
to
them?
And
that's
it's
a
word
of
mouth
type
of
thing.
J
Other
candidates
also,
you
can
get
call
lists
and
you
can
call
people
I,
think
that's
harder
to
do.
I'm
sensitive
to
that,
because
I,
don't
know
how
many
I
don't
know.
How
many
spam
calls
you
all
get,
but
when
you
get
older
and
you
you
have
insurance
right
and
you
have
credit
cards.
Oh
my
God
you're
on
everybody's
list
and
they're
always
calling
you
so
I
I,
find
it
less
useful.
J
So
old-fashioned
ways,
yes
I
at
the
end
of
the
camp,
so
I
had
decided
I
would
not
do
Billboards
it's
something
that
a
lot
of
people
do
and
at
the
end
my
husband,
panicked,
and
so
he
bought
a
couple
of
billboard
signs
like
okay,
but
I
thought.
You
know
we
had
this
plan
anyway.
If
that
one
got
a
little
blown
up,
but
that's
another
way
that
people
choose
to.
I
F
J
J
Evidence
is
important,
so
you
have
to
research
a
lot
of
these
issues.
It's
not
like
I
knew
everything
about
the
water
infrastructure
issue.
I
had
to
ask
people
about
that
and
find
information
about
that.
Other
Farms
would
ask.
Well
what
are
your
priorities?
What
do
what
are
the
things
you
want
to
do?
What
do
you
think
about
a
particular
issue?
It
wasn't
just
the
debates,
but
the
Kiwanis
Club
rotary
organizations
that
are
social
organizations
that
say
I
have
a
forum
for
you
to
be
in
front
of
people.
H
It's
not
an
easy
job
and
I
always
congratulate
them
when
they
win
and
I
also
provide
them
their
condolences,
because
they're
going
to
make
51
of
the
people
happier
set
right,
I
mean
because
there's
two
sides
on
every
issue,
and
so
they
have
to
look
through
all
that
information
and
I.
Think
every
elected
official
that
I've
worked
with
I've
always
said
you
have
to
you
have
to
vote
your
conscience.
You
have
to
vote
your
heart.
H
H
They
that's
how
they
make
their
difference.
Is
that
they
they
talk
about
the
things
they
they
speak
about,
what,
whether
it's
from
the
heart
or
whether
it's
from
the
the
education
or
the
research
and
everything
so
they
put
themselves
out
there.
It's
a
really
hard
thing
to
do
to
put
yourself
out
there
and
but
and
then
it's
it's
really
nice
when
it
all
works
together,
because
we
have
some
really
interesting
debates
in
the
council
meetings.
They
go
pretty
hard
at
each
other
because
they
have
on
opposite
sides
of
an
issue.
H
The
vote
comes,
and
we
take
the
majority
vote,
and
then
we
go
on
to
the
next
decision
and
it's
really
interesting
on
on
a
on
a
hard
night,
because
you'll
see
the
the
political
decision
making
come
together
differently
on
every
issue,
because
it's
based
upon
their
head
and
their
heart,
and
so
a
really
hard
thing
to
do.
I
will
say
that
it's
up
to
your
generation
to
do
some
things.
H
You
know
that
most
everybody
gets
elected
in
the
office
and
we
actually
operate
only
10
percent
of
the
population
vote,
so
only
10
of
260
000
people.
You
know
they're
they're
are
voting
on
on
putting
people
to
take
care
of
the
community
as
a
whole.
That
number
should
be
a
lot
higher.
It
just
it
really
should
be
we
we
would
make
stronger
decisions
for
that
and
so
do
what
you
can
for
advocacy
and
everything
else
for
that.
H
H
You
sit
behind
that
desk,
for
whatever
reason
that
desk
actually
causes
a
difference
in
your
thought
process,
don't
it
it's
amazing
what
happens
from
one
side
to
the
other,
and-
and
so
you
just
think
about
things-
a
lot
harder
and
a
lot,
because
you're
you're
not
looking
at
just
taking
care
of
your
family
you're,
looking
at
taking
care
of
your
fat,
and
so
it
makes
it
makes
it
a
lot
different.
So.
J
I
I
G
A
C
I
C
C
Okay
and
then
the
other
order,
just
very
vaguely
you're
gonna
get
an
email
from
me.
Councilman
presented
a
volunteer
opportunity
for
an
Easter,
Youth
Event
on
April
1st.
So
hopefully
we
can
get
a
larger
group
of
you
guys
out
to
go
in
youth
Council
as
a
youth
Council,
and
if
we
do
get
a
big
group
I'll
work
on
also
getting
shirts.