IS THERE A NEW PLAN FOR AN ARENA IN OUR DOWNTOWN?
Based upon what we have learned so far about the City’s secretive property acquisitions and the expansion of the “Convention Center Master Plan,” we are starting to think the City…
NEW COUNTY CFO RAN CITY FINANCES UNDER JOYCE WILSON, HAS CONTROVERSIAL RECORD
Last month, Chief Administrator Betsy Keller appointed Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria as Director of Budget and Finance of El Paso County. There was no discussion of the hire by the County Commissioners…
CITY PURCHASING THREE UNION PLAZA PROPERTIES FOR $3.2M TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER, WILL PAY 362% OF APPRAISED VALUE
We previously reported that the City is planning to expand the Convention Center south of San Antonio Avenue and into the Union Plaza neighborhood. The City has been aggressively purchasing…
KVIA INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR AIRED ON ABC-7 XTRA, ANOTHER TAX INCREASE PLANNED FOR FY 2027
On August 22, Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first-ever journalistic interview Mayor Renard Johnson, who has a long history of evading…
SAMANIEGO BEGINS OLIGARCH-FUNDED CAMPAIGN BLITZ
On this Labor Day let us remember that it is our money, the product of our labor, that our government is spending whenever they issue debt and increase our taxes.…
MAYOR ON THE DEBT PLAZA: “WE DON’T EXPECT THIS TO BE ON THE BACK OF THE TAXPAYERS 100%”
Two days ago Mayor Renard Johnson addressed a room full of his supporters about building a $412 million Debt Plaza over Interstate 10. The Mayor spoke just after County Judge…
REP. ALEJANDRA CHAVEZ RECEIVES $2,500 FROM MARGOS AND ORTEGA AFTER VOTING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
According to her campaign webpage, Alejandra Chavez “is committed to exploring options for property tax relief.” However, during the recent budget discussions she did not make a single proposal that…
DEBT PLAZA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TO COST $6-7 MILLION
Yesterday, Mayor Renard Johnson gave a public presentation on the proposed Debt Plaza over Interstate 10 in downtown El Paso. In November 2022, Stantec Consulting Services was paid $1,321,785 to…
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TAX HIKES FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC WIPE OUT BENEFIT FROM INCREASED SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION
We now have the effective tax figures from all five local taxing entities for FY 2026 and are the only media outlet to report them. The City is increasing its…
POLK AND MATA CONDUCT FIRST JOURNALISTIC INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR, PREDICTS ANOTHER TAX INCREASE FOR FY 2027
Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first journalistic interview of Renard Johnson since he became Mayor of El Paso on January 7.…