Before serving as county judge in El Paso, Texas, Veronica Escobar earned a master's degree in English Literature from New York University and taught Chicano literature at the University of Texas at El Paso. The current debate at the national level is focused on cutting care – especially healthcare to women – and giving tax-cuts to the wealthiest Americans.
It would raise the commissioners' annual salary by $893, from $89,250 to $90,143. The county judge’s salary increased from $87,577 to $102,000, the commissioners’ salaries went from $62,680 to $89,250.The vote comes a year after the commissioners voted to increase their salaries, raising county elected officials' salaries to the 70 percent market level of what the 10 largest counties in Texas pay, excluding Tarrant County, officials said.“If we receive any appeals, then we will schedule a salary grievance meeting, which must take place before we finalize the adoption of the budget Aug. 28,” Hardgrove said.Haggerty said it is difficult for commissioners to have to vote on their own raises and that they had to increase the salaries 1 percent this year to maintain the 70 percent minimum.Wallace Hardgrove, executive director of the county's Budget and Fiscal Policy Department, said the salary increases for the Commissioners Court and constables would be published Tuesday in the El Paso Times. Januar 2019 vereidigt. Als Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei ist sie seit dem 3. Born in Texas, her parents name is Benjamin and Isabel Escobar. No one has done more to shed light on the unacceptable deficiencies that exist for our veterans than Congressman Beto O’Rourke.From access to childcare and paid leave, to equal pay for women; to tax credits for those who need it and protecting Medicare for senior citizens and the disabled in the face of efforts to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, our working families and senior citizens need a champion who understands that El Paso families are already under tremendous economic stress.Who will win this year's contentious midterm battles?As your County Judge, I supported expanding your access to affordable healthcare through our hospital district, its clinics, and our own children’s hospital; I also worked to increase wages for County and hospital district employees, whose wages were among the lowest in the region; and, the County worked to connect veterans with services they earned. Thoughtful immigration reform not only makes our country safer, but makes us more competitive as well.Health insurance is fundamental to a productive, healthy citizenry.
But we are still struggling with stagnant wages and high numbers of our population who are uninsured.I will honor and continue the work started by Congressman O’Rourke and will work to improve the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, making its service to our veterans second-to-none.The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.Every year, $90 billion of trade comes across our ports of entry, making cross-border trade one of the most important components of our local economy. TOP INDUSTRIES INVESTED 2018.