The Professional Bondsmen of Texas- Blog

Mayor Ken Miyagishima and City Manager Ifo Pili became the latest city leaders to criticize bail reform in response to some business community members’ and residents’ concerns about crime and unhoused people. During a Las Cruces City Council meeting June 6, the mayor encouraged attendees to gather support ahead of the next legislative session and take their grievances directly to the Roundhouse and demand change on a state level. He said he'd join them. “When that time comes, and it goes to Santa Fe, we need everyone letting these legislators know what you guys did several years ago … was not right,” the mayor said. “That's what it's going to take. We're going to have to reverse what was done and move forward.” The mayor’s and city manager’s remarks came during a public comment period Monday in which speakers demanded the city take action to reduce crime and decrease the instances of unhoused people trespassing on private property or loitering around neighborhoods, caus...