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Welcome

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis D. Brandeis

Don't forget to read and sign our guestbook and check the BLOG

All 6 Police Chief candidates have websites up and running. They are all listed on our Candidates Page. We will be adding more candidates as they put up their websites. We also have videos from the Feb. 26th Chiefs candidate forum hosted on our BLOG and we have links on our Candidates page.
ConchoInfo now has Forums online. A bit different than the BLOG, as it groups posts under discussion boards and topics. I have added Water Issues, Public Safety, and Traffic & Transportation discussion boards and Water Quality, Water Sources & Distribution, and Red Light Cameras as starting topics. You can read anything in the forums, but must register to reply. I will be adding some forum admins as we go along as well. Enjoy.
The Texas Rangers reports are available and have been making the rounds. We have been processing the files to make them searchable and smaller than the originals. You can find Report 1 and Report 2 here. Report 3 available in 4 parts, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.There may be some errors in the searchable text, but the pages should display just like the original. There may be errors caused by the OCR process, but hopefully I have caught them all. Comments and analysis will be coming soon.

The charter amendments have been put on the ballot, and we have started educating the voters. I have put together some powerpoint slides I use as part of a presentation. Please download the presentation and pass it around. Don't forget to give me feedback in the guestbook and keep up with the BLOG where more detailed discussions are happening. Official information from the City on the November election can be found here. You can also mail the Charter Amendments for San Angelo, PO Box 5002, San Angelo, TX 76902 for more information or to contribute.

We also have a new information page started here.

The School bond package is before the voters. There is information at the SAISD information site, and we have a lively discussion going on over on our blog. Get informed and vote. More background information can be found on our School Issues page.

There is also a new education watchdog group being formed: Sensible Taxation for Educational Excellence and Reform or S.T.E.E.R. If you are interested in joining or more information contact Jim Ryan or the webmaster.

The city council and staff is working on a capital improvement plan. You can find some background material on this project on our CIP page.
There is a proposal to build a gasification / power plant to use trash and waste methane to produce electricity. We are commenting on it on the BLOG, and are starting a reference page here.
The public safety communications presentation at the April 4th. city council meeting is generating a lot of interest. I am adding an information page with detailed information on subjects such as Project 25, LMR, and Wireless Networks.
The recount is finally over. We helped with the recount and are posting details on our blog. We aren't the only ones with problems. We are starting a page collecting election problems, mostly voting machine problems here.

We are doing spring cleaning and reoganizing on ConchoInfo.org. During this process some links and pages may not work. If you see any problems please email me or leave comments in the guestbook.

In light of the aftermath of Katrina, and now Rita, I thought that some links on emergency management and aid organizations would be appropriate. Find them here.
The city is updating their website. Some of our links to their site will be broken for a while, but the updates are long overdue. At least they are now current on the council minutes. There are rough edges, especially when not viewing with IE, but it is progress. Take a look here and give the city constructive feedback.

Privacy is a growing concern. There is, however, a lot of confusion surrounding privacy. A good place to start is the study available here. While you're there, look at some of their other studies.

Check out Jim Ryans article "How to make a difference".

Tell us what your ideas are. Your opinions are welcome. Sign our guest book, post on our BLOG, or e-mail me, the ConchoInfo Webmaster.

And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (John 8:32)

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