$66M FOR STREETS, LEVERAGED WITH DEBT AND HIGHER TAXES
Don’t think for one second that the $66M comes from general operating revenue. It is borrowed against 30-year bond debt, so please be sure to thank your children for the…
THE CITY’S BOGUS RECYCLING PROGRAM
We received this from a City of El Paso employee who has more than a decade of experience in the Environmental Services Department: “The recycling program started in 2007 under…
WASTE AT THE CITY’S FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE DIVISION
According to the City webpage, the Facilities and Fleet Maintenance division maintains over 180 buildings and 2,500 vehicles. The division has 130 employees and oversees an operating budget in excess…
MAYOR PROMISES TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX, BUT ONLY AFTER NEW BUSINESS COMES TO EL PASO…
At Rep. Lily Limón‘s District 7 end-of-year community forum three days ago, Mayor Renard Johnson told the crowd he would lower our property tax. This was followed by a polite…
WE ARE TIRED OF THE MAYOR’S GRATUITOUS PHOTO OPS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR HIM TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX AS HE PROMISED REPEATEDLY!
With all due respect, we don’t care how many hands Johnson shakes or how many babies he kisses. All we want is for him to lower our property tax as…
BACKROOM DEALING IN OUR LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Another excellent investigative report from Martin Paredes. Fyi, Richard Genera appeared on the political scene a few years ago as a candidate for City Council running on a fiscally conservative…
CITY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY PAXTON FOR LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON TAXATION!
Make no mistake about it. This is happening because Mayor Renard Johnson and most of City Council intentionally and repeatedly deceived the voting public about our property tax, bragging about…
EL PASO POLICE OFFICERS FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY
We visited the Police Headquarters at 911 N Raynor Street this morning and were moved by the display honoring 34 officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.…
WHO CARES WHAT CITY REP. ACEVEDO THINKS ABOUT TOM HOMAN?
Josh Acevedo was elected to City Council to represent the residents of District 2, not to bloviate about federal politics. Time and again, we have seen City and County leaders…
CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE MOVES FROM ANSON MILLS BUILDING TO SECURE LOCATION
For years the City’s Office of Economic and International Development rented space in Paul Foster’s Anson Mills Building, incestuously close to the headquarters of the Borderplex Alliance, located just upstairs.…