CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON GAS CARD SCANDAL THIS MORNING AT 10:00AM
Today at 10:00am there will be a special meeting of City Council with only a single item on the agenda: “Discussion and Action on the results of Project P2023-06 City…
EL PASO STATE HOUSE REPS VOTE TO INCREASE VEHICLE FEES TO HIGHEST IN TEXAS
On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 79, which would increase the registration fee for a standard vehicle in El Paso County from $84 to $94, making our fee…
COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ FILED WITH TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
El Paso taxpayer Tom Laign has filed a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission against City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 alleging that she advocated against a ballot initiative,…
ADAM POWELL’S REPORT ON GAS CARD SCANDAL
The measure of the character of an elected leader is how he/she behaves when no one is watching, and City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez…
CLAUDIA “FILL’ER UP” RODRIGUEZ OFFERS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR HER GAS, SORT OF…
Last Thursday the Chief City Auditor, Edmundo Calderon, presented a report to the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) in which he showed that City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former…
GASSANDRA GASOLINE GIVEAWAY!
There are certain things you just cannot make up. Rep. “Gassandra” Hernandez, who purchased 1,944 gallons of City gas in 2022 (including 23 times on consecutive days), has posted on…
ELECTION RESULTS: PROP K CRASHES AND BURNS
Only 9,209 El Pasoans voted for Proposition K. That is merely 23% of the number who signed the Sunrise El Paso petition to place the measure on the ballot. Apparently…
CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ ACCUSED OF STEALING, AGAIN
As we know, City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez abused their city gas card privileges by ringing up huge tabs on the backs of the…
CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ AND CLAUDIA LIZETTE RODRIGUEZ SHREDDED BY FOAC
After work today, we dropped by City Hall to watch the proceedings of the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC), and there we watched the Chief City Auditor, Edmundo Calderon,…
TEXAS HOUSE VOTES TO BAN THE USE OF COs FOR NEW SPORTS VENUES
The Texas Legislature is seeking ways to provide property tax relief. One of their key strategies is to restrict the use of certificates of obligation, which have been abused by…