Tornillo ISD Superintendent Keeps Schools Open

While I have been critical of the Tornillo ISD Superintendent Dr. Jeannie Meza-Chavez previously, I have to acknowledge her work during the Tornillo water outage.

She made the right call be keeping the schools open. She hustled logistics to get food and water at the schools for the kids. Props to the neighboring districts that helped out too.

Most of you don't realize it's a pretty big crisis down in Tornillo right now and it's all hands on deck. 

Well almost all hands. State Rep Mary Gonzalez has been noticeably absent and community members have commented on it.

Commissioner Perez's office and others have coordinated efforts including the Office of Emergency Management, the El Paso Water Utility, the Secretary of State's Office and the Red Cross.

Local businesses have stepped up to donate water and other essentials.

This valley typically bands together when something bad happens so it's not a surprise.

It's also not a surprise that Gonzalez is AWOL. No one ever calls her out on things but this isn't the first time she wasn't around during a crisis. When we had the floods a couple years ago Commissioner Perez along with his staff was filling sand bags and delivering them to constituents who's homes were flooding.

Where was Representative Gonzalez? Partying it up and a 16 de Septiembre party with the Mexican Consulate. 

I have a picture of the Commissioner with his jeans and boots soaked in water on the back of a road and bridge truck unloading sand bags next to a pic the Representative posted at the exact time he was delivering sand bags. She's in a party dress at the Consulado.