Facing financial challenges and an increasingly fractured relationship between its top two elected officials, the San Elizario City Council will have a special meeting Monday to discuss potential layoffs, a change in legal advisers and creating a cybersecurity policy.
A primary driver of the special meeting is a growing dispute between Mayor Miguel Chacon and Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Black. Black said he had the city staff change the mayor’s email password without his knowledge last month after discovering that a recently terminated city employee was accessing Chacon’s email and calendar.
“Recently, I was notified by a city vendor and by the office of the city attorney of irregularities related to the city’s computer security systems. Acting within my authority, I took reasonable and limited steps designed solely to protect the integrity of the city’s computer systems and to safeguard the city’s legal position,” Black said…