Obviously I was disappointed the City Council didn't enact (the El Paso ordinance). We came close. We came very close.

up close when I was in the City Council.

It sounds as though the city is really pitching in in support of the ordinance that the council passed to address this problem,

Obviously, we are disappointed. We never want to see fatalities go up. Even one fatality is too many.

Instead of addressing the real problem, which is enforcement, the City Council has chosen to enact an overly broad bill that criminalizes a cultural activity. We live in a city that is the cultural capital of the world, yet it is a crime for a young adult to carry a magic marker. What's next -- watercolors or crayons?

When you go to towns that are dying on the vine, it's because there is dissention between the city council and the business community - there are too many looking out for number one instead of the best interest of the community,