EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — County leaders are looking at increasing accountability and transparency on where elected officials travel and how much they spend.
This follows an ABC-7 Xtra investigation into the nearly quarter of a million dollars of taxpayer funds spent on travel expenses by members of commissioners court over the last several years.
At a special meeting on Thursday about the County’s strategic plan for the coming years, commissioners discussed goals including binational strategies for working with interests based in Mexico. Precinct 2 Commissioner David Stout brought up a concern that, with staff handling binational affairs falling under the office of the county judge, the decision was made for that staff not to attend a conference in Mexico City without more discussion…