COLONEL (RET.) CARY WESTIN TO TAKE OVER AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOMORROW!
Colonel (Ret.) Cary Westin will begin his new position as Interim City Manager tomorrow, June 1. June 29 will be the last day of work for City Manager Tommy Gonzalez,…
EDMUNDO CALDERON: HERO OF THE TAXPAYERS
Let us introduce you to Edmundo Calderon, Chief Internal Auditor of the City of El Paso since 2005. For 18 years, Mr. Calderon has audited the City’s finances with little…
CITY POPULATION DECLINES ANOTHER 1,000 INHABITANTS SINCE LAST YEAR
The American Community Survey (ACS) and other data of the Census Bureau has revealed that as of July 2022, the population of the City of El Paso has decreased to…
RICH WRIGHT: EL PASO WATER IS SPENDING $15 MILLION TO PUT A WATER FEATURE INTO A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
Citing the recent report by Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times, Rich Wright of El Chuqueno concludes that “El Paso Water is spending $15 million to put a water…
DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS
According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives designed to promote economic development such as commercial and retail projects. Specifically, it…
SVARZBEIN CLAIMS TO BE “ACTING MAYOR” WHILE IN ISRAEL, SPENT $12,202 ON SEVEN TRIPS IN 2022
As we now know, former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to Tel Aviv for five days during his last month of office in order to speak on a panel at…
PETER SVARZBEIN SPENT $3,193 OF CITY FUNDS TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL HIS LAST MONTH IN OFFICE
Former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to from Boston to Tel Aviv on December 4, 2022 and then flew from Tel Aviv to El Paso on December 9, costing the…
ELECTION RESULTS: PROP K CRASHES AND BURNS
Only 9,209 El Pasoans voted for Proposition K. That is merely 23% of the number who signed the Sunrise El Paso petition to place the measure on the ballot. Apparently…
REFORM OUR CITY FINANCES, VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION J!
Rep. Cassandra Hernandez told Ariana Parra of KFOX14 that she opposes Proposition J, which obviously means that we should all support it. You see, if you want to use your…
ON WITH BUZZ ADAMS THIS MORNING DISCUSSING PROP K
On my way to work this morning, I stopped by KLAQ on Mesa Street to join Buzz Adams and Megan McCormick on the Buzz Adams Morning Show on 95.5 FM…