JORDAN FOSTER POISED TO WIN $27.6 MILLION WORTH OF CITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
On today’s City Council agenda, we see under item 29 that Jordan Foster Construction, LLC is poised to win a City contract worth $12,834,416 to rebuild Taxiway G at our…
REP. BRIAN KENNEDY: THERE IS “IRS INTEREST” IN THE CITY GAS CARD SCANDAL
With regard to the ongoing City gas card scandal, Kennedy notes that “the U.S. Internal Revenue Service quantifies any city money spent on a gas card as a business reimbursement.…
EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ
Elida S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going back to September 2019 and published a report showing that Rep. Cassandra Hernandez…
OUTSIDE COUNSEL ADVANCES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST HERNANDEZ TO ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION
Yesterday Frank Garza, Special Council to the City of El Paso, advanced George Zavala’s ethics complaint against Rep. Cassandra Hernandez to the City Ethics Review Commission. (see attached) Zavala filed…
TAXPAYER-FUNDED “BLUEBERRY MARTINI” ARTWORK BREAKS INTO PIECES
In 2006, City Council adopted ordinance 16324, establishing a Public Art Program and earmarking 2% from every Capital Improvement Project budget for the acquisition of art for municipal property. Since…
OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING EL PASO GAS CARD SCANDAL!
During yesterday’s meeting of the City’s Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC), City Attorney Karla Neiman leaked that an external law enforcement agency is investigating the City gas card scandal.…
HERNANDEZ PURCHASED 40% OF ALL GAS USED BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN 2023!
The City’s Chief Internal Auditor, Edmundo Calderon, revealed last month that in 2022 Rep. “Gassandra” Hernandez of District 3 purchased 1,944 gallons of gas at taxpayer expense at a cost…
EL PASO TIMES: “DOWNTOWN EL PASO HISTORIC DISTRICT IS NOT DEAD, BUT RATHER IN LIMBO”
Dear Friends and Media, Anthony Jackson of the El Paso Times is reporting that “the proposed Downtown Historic District is not dead, but rather in limbo. The National Park Service…
REP. CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ’S $6,700 CHECK TO THE CITY DID NOT BOUNCE!
KVIA is the only media outlet that is properly investigating the various financial scandals resulting from Calderon’s recent audit of the gas cards and P-cards issued to our City leaders.…
KVIA INTENSIFIES PROBE OF P-CARD SCANDAL
KVIA’s Erik Elken has aired so many outstanding reports on the abuse of financial privileges by certain City leaders that it is hard to keep up with them. ROSA MARIA…