THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE
The Mexican-American Cultural Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but ended up costing $16,500,000, nearly triple. The Children’s Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but ended up costing over $60,000,000,…
EL PASO COUNTY GOP TAKES AIM AT DEBT PLAZA
Sam Armijo is a Republican and former candidate for City District 1. He is one of the most fiscally conservative people we know (outside the Libertarian Party). He deserves the…
LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: DEBT PLAZA WILL EASE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
The El Paso Times published an essay claiming the proposed Debt Plaza over I-10 is a “strategic investment in our physical and mental well-being” that will encourage El Pasoans to…
MORE “DEBT PLAZA” PROPAGANDA
We took the liberty of editing one of their paragraphs “Imagine a place that burdens the taxpayers even more — where downtown becomes a conglomeration of massive capital improvement projects…
EL CHUQUEÑO: DEBT PLAZA “WILDLY UNPOPULAR”
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KVIA INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR AIRED ON ABC-7 XTRA, ANOTHER TAX INCREASE PLANNED FOR FY 2027
On August 22, Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first-ever journalistic interview Mayor Renard Johnson, who has a long history of evading…
MAYOR ON THE DEBT PLAZA: “WE DON’T EXPECT THIS TO BE ON THE BACK OF THE TAXPAYERS 100%”
Two days ago Mayor Renard Johnson addressed a room full of his supporters about building a $412 million Debt Plaza over Interstate 10. The Mayor spoke just after County Judge…
DEBT PLAZA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TO COST $6-7 MILLION
Yesterday, Mayor Renard Johnson gave a public presentation on the proposed Debt Plaza over Interstate 10 in downtown El Paso. In November 2022, Stantec Consulting Services was paid $1,321,785 to…
MOORE BOWS TO MAYOR IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, FAILS TO PRESS HIM ON BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISES
When Mayor Renard Johnson decided to give an exclusive media interview to discuss his first six months in office, he did not go to Adam Powell, Lesley Engle, or Julia…
COUNTY VOTES 3-2 TO ALLOCATE $1M FOR DECK PLAZA DESIGN, BUTLER BLINKS
In November 2022, City Council voted to hire Stantec Consulting Services at a cost of $1,321,785 to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a downtown deck plaza over…