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Residents urge enforcement of disabled-parking rules, ask for 1¢ property-tax cut and oppose proposed bars, towers near homes
Summary
At a supplemental public-comment session before the Sept. 2 Edinburg City Council meeting, residents pressed for stricter disabled-parking enforcement, urged a 1¢ property-tax cut and opposed proposed late-hour alcohol sales and a cell tower sited next to homes.
At a supplemental public-comment session before the Sept. 2 Edinburg City Council meeting, residents raised a range of neighborhood and policy concerns, including enforcement of disabled-parking rules, a proposed 1¢ reduction in the city tax rate, opposition to late-hour alcohol sales and outdoor bar activity near residential neighborhoods and a complaint about a proposed cell-phone tower next to homes.
Alberto Ortiz told the council he had recently cared for a disabled spouse and said disabled spaces are “being treated very, very casually.” Ortiz asked the city to run a public-service announcement warning that enforcement would increase and suggested municipal judge Hector Bustos begin fining violators to deter abuse: “Judge Hector Bustos…
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