2012 QUALITY OF LIFE BOND $63,607,763 OVERBUDGET
Yesterday we attended the meeting of the the Bond Overview Advisory Committee, at which City staff presented a chart detailing the expenditures from the Quality of Life Bond, which was…
MALCOLM MCGREGOR III: THE CITY’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH CLIMATE PLAN
Imagine, if you will, that you voted for a ballot item about energy-efficient Green apple pie and then found out you are going to get a festering squid with tentacles…
CITY BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET TOMORROW, FAILS TO POST BACKUP OR PREVIOUS AGENDAS
The City of El Paso’s Bond Overview Advisory Committee (BOAC) is charged with monitoring the City’s expenditures from the 2012 Quality of Life Bond, which cost the taxpayers $473,225,000. Tomorrow,…
CITY OF EL PASO “CLIMATE OPEN HOUSE,” JANUARY 24, 5:30-7:30PM
Climate Czar Nicole Ferrini has big plans for expanding her Office of Climate & Sustainability and you are not going to like them. Please attend this event and make your…
DISTRICT 2 RUNOFF POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS
Only 5.74% of the 47,838 registered voters in District 2 bothered to vote in yesterday’s runoff election for their City representative, who will have purview over a $1.3 billion municipal…
ACEVEDO DEFEATS CARBAJAL, WILL BE SWORN IN AS NEXT D2 REP
And so ends the saga that was caused by the unnecessary resignation of Alexsandra Annello, who cost the taxpayers more than $500,000. She must feel good that her chosen successor…
VERONICA CARBAJAL TO HISPANIC CHAMBER: “HONESTLY I DON’T THINK PROP K WENT FAR ENOUGH.”
Once in a long while there is a candidate who makes a political mistake that is truly ruinous. In the case of Veronica Carbajal, whose political fate will be decided…
CARBAJAL: “HONESTLY I DON’T THINK PROP K WENT FAR ENOUGH”
Today at 12:00pm, District 2 candidate Veronica Carbajal was hosted by Desirae Manzanares of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for a Facebook live. Max Grossman posed three questions for Carbajal,…
HERNANDEZ PAID $13,160 FOR LEGAL BILLS IN 2ND HALF OF 2023, RAISED $0.00 IN CONTRIBUTIONS
According to her January 15 campaign finance report, embattled City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 raised $0.00 in campaign contributions between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. In…
NATIONAL CONTRACTOR CLARK CONSTRUCTION WINS $617M CONTRACT FOR EL PASO VA MEDICAL CENTER
This just in from Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times: “A national construction company involved in building the problem-plagued William Beaumont Army Medical Center complex will lead the construction…