MAYOR TIGHTENING CONTROL OVER TIRZ 5, REAPPOINTS ORTEGA
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) number 5 encompasses all of Downtown, the western part of the Segundo Barrio, and a portion of Central El Paso. Any incremental increase in tax…
KVIA TAKES POSITION AGAINST LIMITING SPEECH OF CITY REPS
On April 1, City Council voted 6-2 to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to draft a resolution designating the Mayor as the sole spokesperson of the City for…
SHOULD MAYOR JOHNSON BE THE SOLE CITY SPOKESMAN ON “HIGH-LEVEL” ISSUES?
On June 10, 2019, City Council voted to establish a Code of Conduct, confirming Mayor Dee Margo as “the designated representative of the Council to present and speak on the…
WILLIAM STAFFORD THURMOND TO MAYOR OF EL PASO
Mayor, I want to express my sincere disappointment with the direction of your administration and the lack of follow‑through on commitments made during your campaign. Many of us remember the…
TOMMY GONZALEZ IS CITY MANAGER OF MIDLAND BUT MOONLIGHTS IN PECOS FOR $9,500/MONTH
Tommy Gonzalez was City Manager of El Paso from 2014 until February 28, 2023, when he was fired without cause. His final salary was $424,595 plus benefits. We reported that…
MAYOR TO KTSM ON PROPERTY TAX: “WE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN THAT AREA”
Today the Mayor gave his “State of the City” speech before the political and business elite of El Paso. After thanking his political allies for about five minutes, asking them…
EL PASO CHAMBER ANNOUNCES MAYOR JOHNSON HAS “SOLD OUT”
This was posted by the El Paso Chamber earlier today. No, we did not add the “SOLD OUT” sign. That was them and we couldn’t agree more! So our sellout…
CITY COUNCIL “DISCRETIONARY FUND” EXPENDITURES IN FY 2025
Yesterday we reported that our eight City Council representatives are collectively holding $609,540 in “discretionary funds,” which are routinely used to purchase popularity at taxpayer expense. Each city representative automatically…
CITY REPS HOLDING $609,540 IN “DISCRETIONARY” SLUSH FUNDS
At the start of each fiscal year, $10,000 of “discretionary funds” are automatically deposited into the account of each of the eight members of City Council. These funds are supposedly…
CITY REP NINO SHOWERED WITH OLIGARCHY CASH
We have seen this happen time and again. A 30-something nobody runs for City office on a progressive platform and claims to stand for the working people of El Paso,…