YISD STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO DECLINE BY 1,000, BUDGET DEFICIT WIDENS
In recent months we have heard a lot about budget deficits and enrollment decreases at SISD, EPISD, and Canutillo ISD, but now it’s Ysleta ISD’s turn to be in the…
DEE MARGO BACKS RENARD JOHNSON FOR MAYOR, SO RUN THE OTHER WAY!
Renard Johnson is the Oligarchy candidate for Mayor and is backed by Dee Margo, the big developers, and their bankers and attorneys. If you don’t believe us, check out the…
EL PASO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 386 ADMINISTRATORS EARNING OVER $100,000
As promised, we filed public information requests with all nine local school districts in order to obtain complete lists of employee names, titles, and salaries, which we posted below. We…
INTERVIEW WITH NORMA CHAVEZ, CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 77
Norma Chavez served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1996 through 2011, earning a reputation for bipartisanship, serving on several key committees, and sponsoring scores of…
CBO PIEKARSKI OF CISD FIRED, SISD BOARD MEETING TODAY AT 6:00PM
Yesterday, under agenda item 5C, the Board of Trustees of Canutillo Independent School District voted 4-1 to terminate their Chief Business Officer, Martha Piekarski, with Breanne Barnes dissenting and Lucy…
SISD TRUSTEE PABLO BARRERA ARRESTED, CISD MAY HAVE VIOLATED OPEN MEETING LAWS
It is difficult to keep up with the administrative chaos and financial mismanagement in our local school districts, but we do our best. Today we learned that Pablo Barrera, Socorro…
CANUTILLO ISD REPEATEDLY VIOLATES TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT
Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code gives the media and public the right to access records from any government entity within the State, including school districts. We recently filed…
WHY VOTERS SHOULD REJECT THE $386 MILLION CANUTILLO ISD BOND
Canutillo ISD has placed a $386 million bond on the ballot for the May 4 election. Voters should reject this bond just as they rejected the District’s previous two bonds,…
JOHNSON PROMISES TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES BUT INCREASE SPENDING, EVADES MEDIA SCRUTINY
Renard Johnson is running for Mayor of El Paso and is backed by Veronica Escobar and our local business elites, together with their bankers and attorneys. He has held three…
PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BUILD 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO, ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
Under Executive Session item EX1 today, our City Council announced a public-private partnership with Notes Live, Inc., a private developer, which will build a 12,500-seat amphitheater at the former site…