EPFN Editorial
We applaud Mayor Cook for his courageous stance on Tuesday against the evil scourge of intelligent discussion.
We stand in solidarity with the Bush administration and Mayor Cook as well as the vast majority of the citizens of this city in taking a firm stance against this plague of intelligence.
We stand in solidarity against revision of obviously flawed and continously failing polices.
We stand in solidarity with the Mayor and Rep. Reyes against government that actually works.
We stand in solidarity with Robert Almonte, the President of the Texas Narcotic Officers Association, who pleasantly shocked us when he announced that he too, was against the legalization of drugs. Almonte told us later on that he was also against intelligence and against discussions or “any combination thereof”. Almonte continued, “the drug war is my/our meal ticket, why would I be against that? I might have to go out and get a real job”.
We don’t need, nor do we want logical ideas in our society. This is why we call on the quickly sinking El Paso Times, to never again allow pieces such as the very logical, Legalized drugs only way to halt cartels, to see the light of day again. Shame on you too, NPT for your different pieces on the issue!
Neither intelligence nor discussions should be allowed to rear their ugly heads in this community.
Shame on you city council; Bravo Mayor Cook!
This had nothing to do with discussion of other solutions but the Possibility of Legalization of drugs. It was grandstanding by the author of the resolution to further his political ambitions. Congressional seat is up for election, coincidence? The statement” I was not interested in drugs until 2008″, why now and not before? The poor Mayor had to ask the public to not vote the council out of office over this one issue. Thank you Mayor!
Regardless of the reason behind the discussion, its still a discussion that needs to be sorely had. Not a huge fan of “that dastardly Beto”, but at the end of the day, a good deed is still a good deed- regardless of the reason behind it.