COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO GIVES THE “STATE OF THE COUNTY” BEFORE A PAYING AUDIENCE
The El Paso Chamber hosted the event, with seats starting at $150/person. We’re sorry we missed it, but we love the photo from the Oligarchy Gazette (aka El Paso Inc).…
CITY COMMITS TO RESTORATION OF ABRAHAM CHAVEZ THEATRE
We feared that the City’s proposal to expand the Convention Center includes the construction of an Arena on the site of the Abraham Chavez Theatre. The planned acquisition and demolition…
10.7% VOTER TURNOUT IN EL PASO COMPARED TO 15% STATEWIDE
Why do so few El Pasoans vote? https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/05/texans-back-tax-cuts-water-fund-find-out-which-amendments-were-passed-in-2025-election/87101923007/
IS THERE A NEW PLAN FOR AN ARENA IN OUR DOWNTOWN?
Based upon what we have learned so far about the City’s secretive property acquisitions and the expansion of the “Convention Center Master Plan,” we are starting to think the City…
RENARD’S RECORD OF FAILURE
Renard promised in his campaign mailers and public statements to lower our property tax, but this past August it was increased by 4.3%. Renard promised to fix our streets, but…
NEW COUNTY CFO RAN CITY FINANCES UNDER JOYCE WILSON, HAS CONTROVERSIAL RECORD
Last month, Chief Administrator Betsy Keller appointed Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria as Director of Budget and Finance of El Paso County. There was no discussion of the hire by the County Commissioners…
CITY PURCHASING THREE UNION PLAZA PROPERTIES FOR $3.2M TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER, WILL PAY 362% OF APPRAISED VALUE
We previously reported that the City is planning to expand the Convention Center south of San Antonio Avenue and into the Union Plaza neighborhood. The City has been aggressively purchasing…
KVIA INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR AIRED ON ABC-7 XTRA, ANOTHER TAX INCREASE PLANNED FOR FY 2027
On August 22, Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first-ever journalistic interview Mayor Renard Johnson, who has a long history of evading…
SAMANIEGO BEGINS OLIGARCH-FUNDED CAMPAIGN BLITZ
On this Labor Day let us remember that it is our money, the product of our labor, that our government is spending whenever they issue debt and increase our taxes.…
MAYOR ON THE DEBT PLAZA: “WE DON’T EXPECT THIS TO BE ON THE BACK OF THE TAXPAYERS 100%”
Two days ago Mayor Renard Johnson addressed a room full of his supporters about building a $412 million Debt Plaza over Interstate 10. The Mayor spoke just after County Judge…