EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every fiscal year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher…
MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FROM FOR FY 2027
This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence…
EL PASO FIRE DEPARTMENT REJECTS CITY’S PROPOSAL FOR $43 MILLION INCREASE
On July 15, we reported that the union representing El Paso firefighters was demanding an additional $56 million over the next four fiscal years. Adam Powell of the El Paso…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO GIVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR $132 TAX INCREASE ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WORTH $232,669
Initially City staff had proposed a tax rate of $0.783 per $100 of valuation, which would have resulted in an increase of $105 for the average-valued El Paso single-family home…
MEDIA ALERT: REPORTING ON CITY TAX INCREASE
Dear News Editors and General Managers of Television News Networks, Every August our City Council votes on a budget and tax rate for the next fiscal year, and every August…
ARTURO ALLUIN, CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 8, RESPONDS TO EL PASO MATTERS HIT PIECE
El Paso Matters, which we contend is a political machine more than a journalistic media outlet, published a hit piece targeting Arturo Alluin, candidate for City District 8: https://elpasomatters.org/…/el-paso-elections-arturo…/ If…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY COUNCIL POISED TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY $105 ON AVERAGE
The El Paso City Council is set to review tax rates and a proposed $1.4 billion budget that could raise property taxes during its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4. Mayor Renard…
MAYOR MARGO INSISTED SALE OF EP ELECTRIC TO JP MORGAN CHASE WOULD BE GOOD FOR EL PASO
Among the many horrible things Mayor Dee Margo did to our community was casting the tie-breaking vote to sell EP Electric to a group of Wall Street investors on December…
INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY!
SISD Trustee Ryan Woodcraft stands accused of misdemeanor assault but we remind everyone that he is absolutely innocent unless convicted in a court of law. Please let him have his…
PICKETT RACKS UP ANOTHER LEGAL VICTORY IN LAWSUIT OVER ILLEGAL WATER FEE
“Former state Rep. Joe Pickett, who filed the lawsuit nearly six years ago challenging El Paso’s environmental franchise fee, said he is celebrating his fourth legal win in the case.…