Elect Jim Tolbert for El Paso City Council, District 2: April 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

Early voting begins this week!

Early voting begins Monday, April 29 and continues through Tuesday, May 7 at 15 locations throughout El Paso County, plus two mobile voting locations.

To find the early voting locations most convenient to you, plus their hours of operation, view this PDF from the County Elections site.

To learn where the mobile voting locations will be, view this PDF.

And of course, don't forget to vote for #35, Jim Tolbert for El Paso City Council, District 2!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Extra! Extra! El Paso Times endorses Jim

Jim is honored to receive the endorsement of the El Paso Times. From this morning's paper:

"In this crowded field of nine, Jim Tolbert is most positive about the new direction El Paso has been taking. ...

Tolbert has been active as an advocate for Downtown revitalization, smart-code growth and preserving open spaces. As with all nine candidates, he says it’s important to reach out to the small businesses in the district.

Tolbert says he’s strong on maintaining streets and on code compliance."

Thank you El Paso Times!

Friday, April 26, 2013

WoPAC endorses Jim Tolbert for District 2

Jim is happy and honored to accept the endorsement of WoPAC, the Women's Political Action Committee:

"We believe that as a member of City Council you will support the WoPAC mission: to focus on issues integral to women and families and to give positive direction to the region's governance and development. We are in full agreement with your vision for the city and wish you the best of luck."

Thank you, WoPAC!

Monday, April 22, 2013

Other candidates may claim to be leaders. Only one has proven it.

Here's Jim's latest mailing — the last before Early Voting begins on Monday, April 29. Share it amongst your friends and encourage them to vote for Jim and for "Progress You Can Trust"!

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About Jim Tolbert

A native, born and raised in Central El Paso, Jim attended Crockett Elementary and graduated from Austin High School in 1970. He is also a graduate of Texas Tech University and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. After 36 years away, Jim returned to his hometown in 2006 where he has been very active in his neighborhood community and City of El Paso affairs. In 2007, Jim helped to start the Newman Park Neighborhood Association and has served as a member of that Board (including President) ever since. He began and still writes Hola Vecinos, the Newman Park newsletter and the neighborhood blog.

Jim Tolbert is an avid hiker who loves our Franklin Mountains and the outdoors. He is currently a board member of the West Texas Urban Forestry Council, a past member and Chairman of the City’s Tree Committee, and the Chairman of El Paso’s annual Celebration of Our Mountains. He has served on the board of the Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition and the advisory council of the Frontera Land Alliance. He continues to write about environmental and community issues on his blog, elpasonaturally.blogspot.com.

Jim served on the Building and Standards Commission of the City of El Paso. He is now co-chairman of the City’s Open Space and Parks and Recreation Advisory Boards.

He is proud of his work with the Eastside Catholic Community Services, the Friends of Youth Advisory Committee, and the AIDS Advisory Committee while living in Washington State. Jim also helped to found a crisis center for women who are victims of domestic abuse while he was a minister in Pampa, Texas. He received Certificates of Achievement from the Texas Department of Human Resources for his work with this women’s crisis center.

Jim Tolbert is a community leader & advocate with a record of service in District 2