TERMINATED! WESTIN ENDS GAS CARD PROGRAM
Kerry Mannix of KVIA is reporting that Interim City Manager Cary Westin has unilaterally terminated the City gas card program in the wake of the scandalous abuse of this privilege…
DID A THIRD INDIVIDUAL USE HERNANDEZ’S GAS CARD?
Rep. Cassandra Hernandez purchased 35% of all gas purchased by the City Council and Mayor in 2022, and 40% of all gas purchased in the first four months of 2023.…
JORDAN AND HERNANDEZ ARE CONNECTED TO DEBORAH PAZ!
Several days ago, a PAC called “Women’s Voices for Political Reform” proclaimed that on July 5 they would announce a recall effort against a sitting member of City Council. Sure…
HERNANDEZ RESPONDS TO ETHICS COMPLAINT
City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, who is under fire for allegedly abusing her gas card privileges, has finally responded to the ethics complaint filed against her by George Zavala, a resident…
CITY REP. HERNANDEZ STILL DEFIANT
Reyes Mata submitted a report to El Paso Inc last week that includes statements from City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez about her outrageous gasoline expenditures. She told Mata what she’s been…
COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. HERNANDEZ TO BE HEARD BY ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION JULY 19
As you know, George Zavala filed a complaint with the City’s Ethics Review Commission against Rep. Cassandra Hernandez after the Chief Internal Auditor released the results of his review of…
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…
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.…