CITY DISTRIBUTES NEW REPORT LYING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX
The City of El Paso is distributing the “Inaugural Edition” of a 22-page digital booklet called “Elevating our City,” which I have appended below. On page 6 you will read…
ABC-7 XTRA: LIBERTARIAN PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS CITY SPENDING
Last night Stephanie Valle and Erik Elken of KVIA hosted CFO Robert Cortinas and Project Manager Yvette Hernandez of the City of El Paso on ABC-7 XTRA to discuss the…
EL PASO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY WARNS VOTERS ABOUT INCUMBENT CITY REP. CLAUDIA RODRIGUEZ OF DISTRICT 6
The El Paso County Democratic Party sent out the attached notice regarding City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez of District 6 warning the public about her “lack of transparency, campaign finance…
BETTINA OLIVARES: “I WOULD NOT CUT ANY OF OUR CITY SERVICES”
Yesterday evening the League of Women Voters hosted a candidates forum for at the State Line Bar-B-Q. Moderator Aaron Montes asked the candidates for City District 8 what they would…
OLIGARCHY CANDIDATE SILVERSTEIN: ANOTHER MAILER
Oligarch candidate Analisa Cordova Silverstein is running for District 1 and today I received a copy of her latest mailer, which is just as deceptive as her last one. TAXES…
EL PASO MATTERS: REP. CLAUDIA RODRIGUEZ OF DISTRICT 6 MAY HAVE VIOLATED CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS
City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez of District 6, the Oligarchy incumbent running against Art Fierro to keep her seat, filed a campaign finance report that potentially violates State law on…
SEVERAL CANDIDATES FAIL TO SIGN “CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES”
Three of the four Oligarchy candidates for City office–Isabel Salcido, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez and Bettina Olivares–chose not to sign the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. Although not legally required, most…
INSOLVENT WATER PARKS: KFOX AND EL DIARIO
I am sharing with you two recent investigative reports on our four new water parks, which had $5.6 million in operating losses during the first two seasons. Ariana Parra of…
COLUMN FOR THE EL PASO TIMES: “Rep. Claudia Rodriguez’ record should be examined”
The El Paso Times just published a guest column I submitted in reply to a recent column penned by Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez of City District 6, also for the…
ANALISA SILVERSTEIN AND BETTINA OLIVARES ON THE RECORD: CITY PROPERTY TAX AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
Today the Community First Coalition of El Paso hosted candidates for City Districts 1 and 8 at the Sacred Heart Church Gymnasium. Each candidate was asked nine questions, followed by…