The city is divided. The loud and strong counterargument is that ASARCO is a threat to the community’s health. The mayor of El Paso, John Cook, along with the mayors of its sister cities: Sunland Park, N.M., and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico have met many times. Their position is to keep the company closed. “If El Paso wants to improve its economy, we need a community working together…” (White, Murga, and Rodriguez 1) Most of the city officials agree that, at one time, the worse pollution in the entire area came from this one business. Historically, it has not cared how it affects the environment. ASARCO made the community its own and used up all that was around it. What has it actually done to prove that it has improved? So far, all it has produced is an expensive PR campaign with millions of mail outs explaining its improvements and emphasizing its economic benefits. The company has “promised” that it will not pollute the environment “as much” or endanger the health of the people. “ASARCO has made a lot of promises, but kept very few. It is not what it claims to be. Its efforts to control or lower pollution have failed several times.” (White, Murga, and Rodriguez 1)