CITY FAILS TO SECURE DAMAGED DURANGUITO PROPERTIES
It was 74 days ago that our City Council voted 6-1 under Executive Session item 2 to spend $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint”…
OLIGARCHS ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE MAYOR’S VETO POWER!
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee of the City of El Paso voted 4-3 under item 5.3 to modify our City Charter so as to deprive our…
SACRED HEART CHURCH RESTORATION FEATURED IN BORDERZINE
Dear Friends, The project to restore Sacred Heart Church is currently featured in Borderzine. Please consider donating to our cause! Have a great day. Max
MAYOR LEESER CRITICIZED THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE HE PRAISED HIM
Dear Friends and Media, In the attached campaign mailer, mayoral candidate Oscar Leeser told El Pasoans he would “reevaluate the scope and responsibilities of the City Manager.” At the time,…
“ARENA” LEGAL UPDATE: SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
Dear Friends and Media, This past May 2 marked five years since the City began litigation over the “Arena” when it filed the first lawsuit in Travis County, so now…
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES: THE HYPOCRISY OF CITY COUNCIL
Last month our City Council voted unanimously to order City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to craft a plan to decrease the City property tax rate, which has risen 38% since Gonzalez…
MORE KAPLOWITZ: EL PASO DOWNTOWN ARENA PROJECT IS “DEAD”
Dear Friends, CITY MANAGER’S CONTRACT EXTENSION As I write to you, our City Council is in Executive Session debating whether to extend the contract of City Manager Gonzalez for another…
RESTORE SACRED HEART CHURCH: INTERVIEW WITH AARON MONTES & UPDATE
Dear Friends, Aaron Montes of KTEP interviewed me for a segment focusing on our effort to Restore Sacred Heart Church. It aired on KTEP 88.5 FM on May 17 but…
KAPLOWITZ: “EL PASO DOWNTOWN ARENA PROJECT WILL ONLY BE A MEMORY”
Steve Kaplowitz, a popular radio host and one of the foremost sports experts in Texas, published an opinion essay on the “Arena” four days ago on the ESPN El Paso…
EL DIARIO DE EL PASO LAYS OFF VETERAN EMPLOYEES
Roberto Carrillo has long been a reporter for El Diario de El Paso. Yesterday he informed me that on April 25 he and the weekend editor Aracely Lazcano were laid…