DO YOU MISS KENNEDY YET?
Brian Kennedy was the most fiscally conservative City rep in a generation. He prevented any tax increase while in office and vigorously opposed wasteful spending. Alejandra Chavez voted to increase…
STOUT AND CORONADO TAKE AIM AT EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT
David Stout has the unique distinction of having voted for all five salary increases for the El Paso County Commissioners Court since assuming office in January 2015, increasing his own…
EPCC BOARD VOTES TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY 6.4% ON AVERAGE-VALUED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE
El Paso Community College, established in 1969 “to ensure affordable, high quality education and career pathways from start to finish,” has morphed into a multi-campus behemoth with a budget of…
EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS DR. SAM ARMIJO, CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 1
City Rep. Alejandra Chavez of District 1 voted to increase our City property tax both years she has been in office: 5.2% for FY 2026 and 6.0% for FY 2027.…
ONCE UPON A TIME, I PINNED MY HOPES ON SAMANIEGO… THEN HE BECAME A TOOL OF THE OLIGARCHS
When Ricardo Samaniego ran for County Judge in 2018, I was one of his top three supporters and raised well over $15,000 for his campaign. Samaniego even came to my…
MAYOR BEFORE TAX VOTE: “WHATEVER WE DO, WE GOTTA GET IT FIGURED OUT”
Renard Johnson is a liar of the lowest order and deserves to be recalled from office and run out of politics. We invite you to listen to him bloviate shortly…
CITY AND COUNTY SPENDING HAVE OUTPACED INFLATION “EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DEVASTATING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times cites a new study from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which study found that “increases in local spending between 2015 and 2025 have…
COUNTY APPROVES TAX INCREASE FOR UMC
We had previously reported that El Paso County adopted a no-new-revenue tax rate for FY 2027. We have since confirmed that the County is nevertheless increasing the tax on the…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 6.0%, NEARLY DOUBLE INFLATION RATE
According to the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF TAX INCREASE, the current effective City tax on the average-valued single-family residence is $1,751.61. City Council was initially considering an increase of…