Jorge Artalejo

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Artalejo earned an undergraduate degree in business administration and accounting from the University of San Francisco. He also attended Georgetown University Law Center. His professional experience includes work as a substitute teacher.[6]

Jorge Artalejo did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Artalejo participated in [the profile publisher]'s 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[8] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:

Deconstructing legally and ethically the proposed budget looking for inflated requests of funding.[9]

—Jorge Artalejo (April 27, 2017)[10]

Ranking the issues

The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.

Issue importance ranking

Candidate'sranking

Issue

Candidate'sranking

Issue

1Public pensions/retirement funds7Crime reduction/prevention

2Environment8Government transparency

3Transportation9Civil rights

4K-12 education10Recreational opportunities

5Housing11Homelessness

6Unemployment12City services (trash, utilities, etc.)

Local topics

[the profile publisher] asked candidates specific questions regarding recent issues in the city. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column.

QuestionResponse

Do you think more needs to be done to promote government transparency in El Paso? Does the city need to make changes to its existing ethical guidelines? If so, what do you think the city should do?The city should always be promoting government transparency, otherwise how will someone like me know what issue to petition the government, one of sacred fundamental constitutional abilities gained with acceptance of the Constitutional Convention's work of the summer of 1787, added subsequent by amendment by the first Congress in 1790. Incidentally 1987 was the year of my admittance to the Jesuit school in Washington. The city doesn't necessary need to make changes to its existing ethical guidelines. What changes should be made should be of the participants who acted as the voice of ethics by way of their selection by each district and by way of the mayor as members of the board. Perhaps more specific criteria should be established for participation as a member of the commission.

In a forum hosted by KCOS and the League of Women Voters of El Paso, candidates listed the condition of city streets as a top concern for El Paso residents. What would you do to ensure that the issues with the city's streets were addressed? How do you think the city should fund work on streets and other infrastructure?I don't recall I haven't mentioned city streets as my top concern for El Paso residents. Though perhaps had I thought through with associates what could be a top priority for El Paso, we would have concluded El Paso streets as this first concern. With a brain trust, however, as an elected representative for all of El Paso, this top concern of the candidates could become my top concern, too. When this becomes the case, I would establish with whatever staff I assembled a working group to the issue. Ascertaining by it the feasibility of obtaining funds from Washington, as the president proceeds forward with his plans for national infrastructure revitalization.

What other challenges do you think El Paso faces? How do you think the city should address them?El Paso faces the daunting task of acceptance by the national government of her own particular Texas character.

Nationwide municipal issues

The candidate was asked to answer questions from [the profile publisher] regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.

Question

Response

Is it important for the city’s budget to be balanced?Answer options: Not important; Not important, but required by state law; A little important; A little important, but required by state law; Important; Very important

Very important

Which level of government do you feel should set a minimum wage?Answer options: None, Local, State, Federal

State

What do you think is the best way to improve a city’s public safety? Candidates could write their own answer or choose from the following options: Increased economic opportunities, Increased police presence/activity, Harsher penalties for offenders, Public outreach/education programs

Increased police presence/activity. I think the police ought to have a program constructed around each individual political district that asks of the police for each night a police automobile have cruised through a portion of these districts, constantly.

How do you think your city should emphasize economic development? Candidates could write their own answer or choose from the following options: Changing zoning restrictions, Create a more competitive business climate, Focusing on small business development, Instituting a citywide minimum wage, Recruiting new businesses to your city, Regulatory and licensing reforms, and tax reform

Focusing on small business development. Without a healthy small business environment, employment suffers as does community initiative.

What is the one thing you’re most proud of about your city?

I am most proud of El Paso of the educational opportunity available to any but for desire.

What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your city?

The attitude of many of the city toward the city. Please stop trashing the city. Don't put in the middle of plants trash, to stifle them.

Additional themes

CityBeat Magazine asked the 2017 mayoral candidates what their first priority would be if they were elected. Artalejo said, "As a Mayoral candidate the platform I espouse is balance of management of city departments as the interest of the city as the city is composed of the citizen of the city is dependent on the proper management of the departments under the purview of the individuals specifically charged with the task of the management of these interests."[11]

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