CITY TO FACE $29.2M IN BUDGET DEFICITS THROUGH FY 2029
City CFO Robert Cortinas made a presentation at the March 17 Work Session under item 2, indicating the City is projecting a total budget deficit of $29.2 million over the…
CITY COUNCIL REJECTS CITIZEN OVERSIGHT OF NEARLY $700M IN BOND PROJECTS
City Reps. Canales and Limon co-sponsored item 21 on yesterday’s City Council agenda, which would have provided citizen oversight of $685,602,650 in general obligation bond expenditures, amounting to approximately $1.3…
MAYOR JOHNSON PROMISED TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX BUT WILL NOT DELIVER
What is the difference between Dee Margo and Renard Johnson, aside from the fact that they are cut from the same cloth and relied upon the same group of friends…
EP ELECTRIC PLANNING $93M RATE HIKE, AVERAGE BILL TO INCREASE $22.39/MONTH
Please attend one of these meetings and make your voice heard!
CITY REPS CANALES AND LIMON MOVE TO ESTABLISH BOAC AS PERMANENT STANDING COMMITTEE WITH EXPANDED OVERSIGHT
The voters passed the Quality of Life Bond on November 6, 2012, authorizing the issuance of $473,250,000 in general obligation bonds for dozens of projects, and only 37 days later…
SOCORRO ISD FACES FINANCIAL IMPLOSION BUT, HEY, AT LEAST THEY HAVE A NEW STADIUM!
The Socorro Independent School District is in a deep financial hole and under the conservatorship of the Texas Education Agency. In November they had to take out a $25.1 million…
COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO ISSUE $54 MILLION IN CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL
Like greedy pigs at the trough, our County Commissioners Court just voted 4-1 under agenda item 9C to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $54 million. Commissioner…
LIST OF 96 RECIPIENTS OF CAR ALLOWANCE CITED IN CITY AUDIT
The City’s current Vehicle Allowance Program Policy was implemented under City Manager Tommy Gonzalez on August 31, 2015 and has never been updated. Chief City Auditor Edmundo Calderon published his…
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.