And the mayor has to be more supportive of the public and civic institutions, UTEP, the community college, Fort Bliss. We need to encourage Texas Tech to move rapidly on a full medical school. That all adds up to tourism and economic development. Some have said banks and developers have too much power. That's the current rhetoric.
Developers provide a very expensive service.
They buy land, put in the infrastructure. The big three banks act as depositories for a huge amounts of money from Mexico. If we bash these banks enough, they could move up to Santa Theresa and we'd lose all those jobs. So to say they are too powerful is the most ludicrous thing I've heard in my life. They are part of the business community.