30 EL PASO HOTELS FAIL TO REMIT $2.5M IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
Last month we cited a City audit dated March 6 revealing that 10 hotels failed to remit $1,121,530.45 in hotel occupancy tax (HOT), including penalties and interest. Now we have…
CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!
The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-1 TO NOT APPOINT AN INTERIM CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR
It is incredible but true. Our City currently has no Chief Internal Auditor now that Edmundo Calderon has retired. The failure to replace him with an Interim Chief Internal Auditor…
CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 4.3%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation.…
ELIDA S. PEREZ: “EXPANDED EXEMPTION” FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED MEANS ONLY $1.59/MONTH IN SAVINGS
It has been a long time since we shared a report from El Paso Matters, which we consider to be politically compromised. However, we feel this particular report by Elisa…
FLUFFY FOR COUNTY JUDGE, MISS PIGGY FOR PRECINCT 4!
We are pleased to announce that not only is our dog Fluffy running for County Judge against the incumbent Ricardo Samaniego, but Miss Piggy is running for Commissioner of Precinct…
CITY AUDITOR RELEASES RESIGNATION LETTER
Yesterday we reported that Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon is resigning, with his last day of work scheduled for October 10. The El Paso Taxpayer Revolt has now obtained his…
IS THE CITY PLANNING TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER?
We broke the news on March 4 that the City is planning a major expansion of the Convention Center south of San Antonio Avenue, up to the edge of Overland…
CITY AUDITOR CALDERON TO RETIRE
Edmundo Calderon has served as Chief Internal Auditor of the City of El Paso for more than 20 years and in that time has not only worked hard to keep…
CRAZY DORA RUNNING FOR OFFICE!
The wife of former City Rep. Henry Rivera, who was reprimanded in February 2024 because of his outrageous, unethical behavior while on City Council, is running for Justice of the…