TAX-AND-SPEND POLITICIAN SEEKS RE-ELECTION
We received this mailer from Commissioner Sergio Coronado promoting himself without citing a single specific achievement. Maybe we did not look hard enough, but we did not read anything about:…
LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: DEBT PLAZA WILL EASE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
The El Paso Times published an essay claiming the proposed Debt Plaza over I-10 is a “strategic investment in our physical and mental well-being” that will encourage El Pasoans to…
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER SISD TRUSTEES CASTELLANO AND BARRERA DISMISSED
We reported in March 2024 that whistleblowers Ricardo Castellano, a retired EPPD officer who was then the District 3 Trustee of the Socorro Independent School District, and his wife Gabriela,…
$66M FOR STREETS, LEVERAGED WITH DEBT AND HIGHER TAXES
Don’t think for one second that the $66M comes from general operating revenue. It is borrowed against 30-year bond debt, so please be sure to thank your children for the…
CHIEF INSTIGATOR OF THE EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT
Max Grossman is the founder and Chief Instigator of the El Paso Taxpayer Revolt. It is easy to mistaken him for a Soviet spy or an agent of the CIA…
LA NUBE IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST EL PASOANS
The recently completed Childrens Museum cost $60 million to construct. The City contributed $39.5 million of the cost, including a $20 million certificate of obligation issued without voter authorization. That’s…
FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATOR TRACEY JEROME UNDER FIRE
Tracey Jerome was one of several medium-level employees who climbed to the upper echelon of the City administration during the reign of City Manager Gonzalez, who rewarded his subordinates for…
THE CITY’S BOGUS RECYCLING PROGRAM
We received this from a City of El Paso employee who has more than a decade of experience in the Environmental Services Department: “The recycling program started in 2007 under…
WASTE AT THE CITY’S FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE DIVISION
According to the City webpage, the Facilities and Fleet Maintenance division maintains over 180 buildings and 2,500 vehicles. The division has 130 employees and oversees an operating budget in excess…
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF THE OLIGARCHY GAZETTE
The El Paso Inc (aka Oligarchy Gazette) is not a newspaper by any stretch of the imagination. It is a business journal for the wealthy elite of Coronado and the…