Niland, Limon Clash Over Pilot Program

and i’m estela cas. it’s becoming a common sight. big drama at the weekly city council meeting. s 02:31 to sit here and send the message to the federal government that no thank you i know better is disgusting 04:10 it is sad just because i speak my mind and simply ask that an item be voted on seperately i have to be subjected to this the fight this week? international bridge wait times. this week though: the discussion so tense – the mayor pro tem cut it off, midway. abc-7’s maria garcia live with details: the argument stems from a program meant to reduce wait times at the international bridges. the city tries this by paying for overtime for customs agents. city rep cortney niland saying the program works. while city rep lily limon doesn’t buy it. 00-07 52-1:01 03:12 people aren’t like signing the praises saying that the wait times are reduced. it’s a hit or miss. 03:40 its absolutely false the allegations that are being made city reps cortney niland and lily limon in a war of words. the last couple years, the city has paid about 1.3 million a year for custom agents overtime hours. the city gets the money by charging crossing vehicles an additional 50 cents. and commercial vechiles an additional 50-cents per axel. 4:11 “is it fair to tax the people and the industry that we’re trying to help out when we’re not seeing much of a decrease in time 1:17 “we’ve received no complaints from the vehicular traffic, we’ve seen no complaints from the commercial traffic. we’ve seen slight improvements.” niland saying the city should be grateful the federal government chose el paso for the pilot program. 00:30 it is absolutely insulting and embarrassing that someone wouldn’t take the time to do the research and basically send the message to the federal government, we appreciate what you’re trying to do for us but no thanks 12:28 yesterday we were told we didn’t have scientific data and today we have something totally different mayor pro tem michiel noe who was presiding over the meeting then stopped the discussion and called for the vote: 30:05 noe: would you like to call the question? limon: excuse me, please don’t yell at me. and don’t talk to me like that. out of respect.thank you very much, i have the floor. noe: mam we’ll call the question limon also says the council hasn’t gotten the quarterly reports promised when the program began. something niland and the director of bridges at the city disagreed with. council voted to extend the program another year with limon and city rep carl robinson voting against it. open developing now … the triple-a national championship game is now