Mayor John Cook, sometimes slurred as Mayor Crook (but only because nearly everyone around him is convicted, under investigation, or suspected of corruption), wants to "annex" Fort Bliss. He wants this so as to take advantage of the allegedly massive tax base that exists on the Army post. So we made a song that we hope sums up the nature of Crook, El Paso and… why, yes — why the local guvmint has a problem paying first-responders their due. It's because Crook & Co have squandered the city treasury on misc. silliness. Enjoy!
THIS POST IS MY POST
CHORUS
This post is our post, this post is my post
From Cassidy, to Biggs Airfield
From the Dyer redline, to McGregor Range
This post was made for taxing you
As I was walking Spur 601
I saw above me an Army sign
I saw below me a tax man sign
This post was made for taxing you
CHORUS
I've sang and stumbled and I've slept with hoodlums
Ethics Commission and drug-soaked buddies
And all around me, corruption cases
This post was made for you and me
CHORUS
The dollars shining as I was thinking
My failures growing and charges pending
How could I pay them, the local cops
This post was made for you and me
CHORUS
As I was ploddin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said – 'corruption free'
But on the other side… it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for El Paso!
CHORUS
In Magoffin Alley – where we began
Near to my office – I see my people
Who wonder how, we spent it all
And if this post's still made for you and me.
CHORUS (2x)
