KENNEDY TO THE RESCUE?
Yesterday we conducted a Facebook poll asking the public for whom they would vote for Mayor if the General Election were held today. We offered three choices: Cassandra Hernandez, Renard…
INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE ALMA TREJO, CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Judge Alma Trejo has been practicing law for 32 years and is now a Democratic candidate for El Paso District Attorney. She worked as a prosecutor for many years and…
PRESIDENT ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ OF CANUTILLO BOARD OF TRUSTEES BULLIES BUSINESS OPPOSING $386 MILLION BOND
Speedy’s Mexican Food is a well-known family establishment at 401 Talbot Ave. in Canutillo. According to Tony Gutierrez of KVIA, the owners placed a sign outside their place of business…
CANUTILLO ISD SUPER: “THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SET FOOT IN CANUTILLO, HAVE NO PERSONAL STAKE IN OUR SCHOOLS”
Dr. Pedro Galaviz is the Superintendent of the Canutillo Independent School District. His District suffers from a $6 million budget deficit and faces layoffs and school closures, largely because of…
CITY ISSUED $300 MILLION IN DEBT IN 2016 WITH ZERO OR LITTLE PRINCIPAL FOR A DECADE
This past March 25, City CFO Robert Cortinas gave a PowerPoint presentation before City Council in which he discussed his 5-Year Financial Forecast. On page 71, he cited $300 million…
EL PASO TAXING ENTITIES OWE $10.3 BILLION!
No one has ever bothered to calculate the total principal and interest owed by the taxing entities within El Paso County, so we analyzed the statistics on public debt published…
INTERVIEW WITH SISD WHISTLEBLOWERS RICARDO CASTELLANO, DISTRICT 3 TRUSTEE, AND WIFE GABRIELA: $131 MILLION IN UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES IDENTIFIED, FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES
The Socorro Independent School District has been engulfed in scandal, with numerous allegations of financial malfeasance and the placement of Superintendent Nate Carman on administrative leave through the end of…
EL PASO WAGES RANK 354TH OF THE 360 LARGEST AMERICAN COUNTIES
Yesterday Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times published new information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that El Paso County has the 7th lowest average wage of…
COUNTY RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF ISSUING MASSIVE DEBT
The County Commissioners Court is on an unprecedented spending binge. Not only have they raised our taxes and increased their salaries, they now plan to issue up to $500 million…
LESLEY ENGLE OF ABC-7 TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT: STOP RESTRICTING THE MEDIA!
On February 2 we reported that the Commissioners Court adopted a new policy preventing the media from interviewing department heads, severely restricting their ability to learn what is happening within…