Yesterday the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 3-2 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation in support of UMC and the Children’s Hospital, with…
The County Commissioners Court is poised to vote today under agenda item 8 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation, which do not require…
Every year the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence co-author a “50-State Property Tax Comparison Study” examining the property tax rates for the 50…
I am pleased to see that the El Paso Times, El Paso Matters, KVIA ABC-7 and CBS 4 have been publishing more investigative reports on the financial practices of the…
Yesterday City Architect Daniela Quesada led a public “MPC feasibility study meeting” attended by outside consultants who are tasked with figuring out how to build a Multipurpose Performing Arts and…
The City issued the attached press release inviting the public to provide input to the consultants who were hired by the City for $798,000 to determine the feasibility of constructing…
Jacob Cintron, the CEO of UMC, appeared on ABC-7 XTRA this past Sunday and the video is now online. Host Stephanie Valle twice asked Cintron why the proposed $346 million…
As some of you already know, City staff announced yesterday morning under agenda item 40 that discussion and action to eliminate the Mayor’s “tie-breaking and veto capacity,” which had been…
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee voted 4-3 to modify Article IV, Section 4.1 B of our City Charter so as to deprive the Mayor of his…
The City issued the attached press release on Friday inviting the public to provide input to the consultants who were hired by the City for $798,000 to determine the feasibility…
