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NPT Friday Brief: Valentine's Day; Asarco's stack
El Paso-centric info and commentary from the Center of North America on the NPT blog:
-- NPT: Moving dirt for the Children’s Hospital
-- NPT Capitol: Reps react to appointments
From our news partners over at ABC-7:
-- Three children killed in Juarez
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News
What's to become of the looming tower of El Paso?
by David Crowder
 “ASARCO is working with the state of Texas to fund a custodial trust for the demolition of the plant and remediation of the site. Any custodial trust must be approved by the bankruptcy court that is overseeing ASARCO’s reorganization effort. We will not comment further on any specific details that are part of the bankruptcy process.” -- Thomas L. Aldrich, vice president of environmental affairs
Posted on February 13, 2009 • read more »
Culture
The Stack
by Richard Baron
 For not very much money – for less money than the city is inevitably going to be blackmailed into giving to John Houser for his third travesty – the stack could be plugged and painted and El Paso could have something marvelous. There just needs to be some well-considered lipstick put on that pig.
Posted on February 13, 2009 • read more »
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