CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 4.3%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation.…
EPISD TRUSTEE ALEX CUELLAR TELLS KVIA “WE’RE NOT GONNA RAID THE FUND BALANCE” THEN VOTES TO DO SO 20 DAYS LATER!
Once in awhile we catch an El Paso politician in an outright lie. EPISD Trustee Alex Cuellar told Mark Ross of ABC-7 XTRA that his Board would not raid the…
ELIDA S. PEREZ: “EXPANDED EXEMPTION” FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED MEANS ONLY $1.59/MONTH IN SAVINGS
It has been a long time since we shared a report from El Paso Matters, which we consider to be politically compromised. However, we feel this particular report by Elisa…
WE ARE TIRED OF THE MAYOR’S GRATUITOUS PHOTO OPS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR HIM TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX AS HE PROMISED REPEATEDLY!
With all due respect, we don’t care how many hands Johnson shakes or how many babies he kisses. All we want is for him to lower our property tax as…
FLUFFY FOR COUNTY JUDGE, MISS PIGGY FOR PRECINCT 4!
We are pleased to announce that not only is our dog Fluffy running for County Judge against the incumbent Ricardo Samaniego, but Miss Piggy is running for Commissioner of Precinct…
EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT SALUTES THE GREAT OZZY OSBORNE (1948-2025)
Black Sabbath was one of the greatest metal bands that ever was and Ozzy was its beating heart. Many of his songs attacked government corruption. One of our favorites is…
CITY AUDITOR RELEASES RESIGNATION LETTER
Yesterday we reported that Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon is resigning, with his last day of work scheduled for October 10. The El Paso Taxpayer Revolt has now obtained his…
IS THE CITY PLANNING TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER?
We broke the news on March 4 that the City is planning a major expansion of the Convention Center south of San Antonio Avenue, up to the edge of Overland…
CITY AUDITOR CALDERON TO RETIRE
Edmundo Calderon has served as Chief Internal Auditor of the City of El Paso for more than 20 years and in that time has not only worked hard to keep…