THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE
The Mexican-American Cultural Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but ended up costing $16,500,000, nearly triple. The Children’s Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but ended up costing over $60,000,000,…
CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031
Robert Cortinas is the CFO of the City of El Paso and at the Council Work session this coming Monday he will report his budget projections for FY 2027-2031. Based…
EL PASO COUNTY GOP TAKES AIM AT DEBT PLAZA
Sam Armijo is a Republican and former candidate for City District 1. He is one of the most fiscally conservative people we know (outside the Libertarian Party). He deserves the…
LEADERSHIP OF ALL FIVE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES DOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS
We have to hand it to the local Republicans. This is one hell of a billboard they put up at Lee Trevino and Pellicano! We have no doubt it is…
LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: DEBT PLAZA WILL EASE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
The El Paso Times published an essay claiming the proposed Debt Plaza over I-10 is a “strategic investment in our physical and mental well-being” that will encourage El Pasoans to…
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER SISD TRUSTEES CASTELLANO AND BARRERA DISMISSED
We reported in March 2024 that whistleblowers Ricardo Castellano, a retired EPPD officer who was then the District 3 Trustee of the Socorro Independent School District, and his wife Gabriela,…
$66M FOR STREETS, LEVERAGED WITH DEBT AND HIGHER TAXES
Don’t think for one second that the $66M comes from general operating revenue. It is borrowed against 30-year bond debt, so please be sure to thank your children for the…
CHIEF INSTIGATOR OF THE EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT
Max Grossman is the founder and Chief Instigator of the El Paso Taxpayer Revolt. It is easy to mistaken him for a Soviet spy or an agent of the CIA…
LA NUBE IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST EL PASOANS
The recently completed Childrens Museum cost $60 million to construct. The City contributed $39.5 million of the cost, including a $20 million certificate of obligation issued without voter authorization. That’s…
FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATOR TRACEY JEROME UNDER FIRE
Tracey Jerome was one of several medium-level employees who climbed to the upper echelon of the City administration during the reign of City Manager Gonzalez, who rewarded his subordinates for…