Top Ten Community Issues

1.) Voting Rates- About ten percent of the people in El Paso are registered to vote, people must exercise their right to vote. It is their opportunity to elect someone they support.
2.) Corruption- Recently I have read articles involving corrupt judges from this county; this is not fair for all citizens.
3.) Immigration- The wall is an embarrassment for Mexicans because most of us come here to the United States looking for a better work.
4.) Nonprofit Organizations- It is the third largest employer of El Paso and some Elected Officials are looking forward in making cuts. These organizations are there to help people in need.
5.) Taxes- As an economist I would like to find a model that could lower taxes for the upper class to encourage the inauguration of more businesses. But, I would also like to find a way to maintain some of those nonprofit organizations.
6.) Violence in Juarez- Affects trading with the United States and also the people that reside there live with constant fear and I have family in Juarez.
7.) Drugs and weapons trafficking- This is the largest port for drug and weapon trafficking in the United States. El Paso has been a peaceful place but we are at risk of becoming a violent community.
8.) Unemployment- In order for us to be successful as a country and as a community we need to fix the unemployment statistics.
9.) Education- As a former student of El Paso Independent School District I consider that the level of difficulty for the TAKS is very low and I think it should be higher to encourage competition.
10.) Teen Pregnancy- It shouldn’t be happening because young women usually go on welfare and government cannot be spending too much money on them.