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Disabled American Veterans ask El Paso advisory committee to back state reimbursement to counties
Summary
Dave Garcia of the Disabled American Veterans asked the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on May 15 to ask El Paso City to send a letter supporting the state comptroller's $50,000,000 reimbursement request for nine counties, saying the funding affects thousands of local veterans.
Dave Garcia, Benefits Protection Team Leader for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), urged the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on May 15 to ask El Paso City to send a letter supporting the state comptroller's $50,000,000 budget request that would reimburse nine counties for veteran-related costs.
"If the county can do it, so can the city," Garcia said during the committee's public-comment period. "If we are representing the 58,000 plus veterans here in El Paso ... this is the first step that we show…
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