A.D. Ibarra

-Austin, TX

County Commissioner of Precinct 2 Daniela Flores Aleman has returned to Eagle Pass from her recent trip to Austin to attend the Texas Association of Counties Conference which focused on county management.

"The TAC is our biggest resource for county government and 70 counties were represented," stated Aleman who informed The News Gram that she was very satisfied with the conference in general which provided much needed insight on problems being faced by Maverick County and counties across Texas, "I attended a course on grants and resources available to sheriff departments.  I plan to sit down with Sheriff Schmerber to share this information with he and Ignacio Saucedo."

Also included as part of the training were the Best Practices Awards which highlighted the efforts of other counties around the state from 2009 to the present.

"There were many exemplary efforts honored and I was able to dialogue and share ideas with these recipients, ideas which we can definitely bring back to Eagle Pass to implement in the future."

But her favorite session by far was that of a county which has built its own tire shredder for less than $3,000.00 which has aided them in eliminating their junk tire problem.

"It was a coincidence and pure luck that this session was available and this is a more feasible rout we can take to alleviate OUR tire problem," she concluded, "I can't wait to share this information with my colleagues on Commissioner's Court."