COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
“I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that…
EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEE SALARIES, MARCH 2025
Here is a list of El Paso County employee salaries, dated March 2025. 382 of them are paid over $100,000 per year plus benefits.
CARY WESTIN HIRED AS BUSINESS CONSULTANT FOR EPISD
We are pleased to report that (Ret) Col. Cary Westin has signed a contract with El Paso Independent School District to serve as a business consultant, starting April 2. We…
GROSSMAN TELLS COUNTY TO VOTE AGAINST ISSUING $54 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, VOTE POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK
Today the County Commissioners Court was set to vote on posting notice for a $54M certificate of obligation but then postponed the vote for one week after members of the…
EL PASO COUNTY POPULATION GROWS BY ONLY 0.1% IN 2023-2024
New statistics show that El Paso County grew by only 948 people between 2023 and 2024, an increase of only 0.1%. That means that El Paso County had the slowest…
SAMANIEGO ASKS PERMISSION TO RECEIVE PRIVATE FUNDS FOR TRAVEL TO TAIWAN
Yesterday the El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 in support item 13A, “to allow the County Judge to accept any donations for the purpose of travel to Taiwan to…
SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES, MAR 2025
We have attached here our latest list of the salaries of City employees. 420 are paid more than $100,000 per year plus benefits. The two highest paid employees are City…
CITY TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER INTO UNION PLAZA
Yesterday we learned that the City of El Paso is planning to expand the Convention Center across San Antonio Avenue, right up to the edge of the former Arena Footprint.…
FUTURE OF DURANGUITO: GROSSMAN AND GUDENRATH ON ABC-7 XTRA
Grossman and Gudenrath were on Channel 7 last night. Definitely a must-see!
MAYOR JOHNSON, PLEASE WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Mayor Johnson, Yesterday, City Council voted 8-0 to proceed with a RFQ that will result in the sale of 17 City-owned properties within the former Arena Footprint to private…