CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS TO 10AM
Today under item 24 City Council voted 7-1 to amend the Rules of Order such that public comment on all agenda items will be confined to a set period starting…
COUNCIL APPROVES $4.8M PROPERTY PURCHASE FOR CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION IN UNION PLAZA
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 COUNCIL REJECTS CITIZEN OVERSIGHT OF NEARLY $700M IN BOND PROJECTS
City Reps. Canales and Limon co-sponsored item 21 on yesterday’s City Council agenda, which would have provided citizen oversight of $685,602,650 in general obligation bond expenditures, amounting to approximately $1.3…
MAYOR JOHNSON PROMISED TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX BUT WILL NOT DELIVER
What is the difference between Dee Margo and Renard Johnson, aside from the fact that they are cut from the same cloth and relied upon the same group of friends…
MAYOR JOHNSON, PLEASE WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Mayor Johnson, Yesterday, City Council voted 8-0 to proceed with a RFQ that will result in the sale of 17 City-owned properties within the former Arena Footprint to private…
ABOLISH THE CLIMATE OFFICE
Dear Mayor and City Council, On November 8, 2022, Proposition C passed with only 50.63% voter support, mandating “the issuance of $5,200,000 General Obligation Bonds for renewable energy and resource…
THE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR ALLIES SEIZE CONTROL OF THE CITY’S FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
For two years, Brian Rep. Kennedy was Chair of the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) of the City of El Paso and served alongside Reps. Alexsandra Annello, Joe Molinar,…
JOHNSON EXPLAINS WHY HE ABSTAINED FROM VOTE TO INCREASE WATER FEES BY 7.5%
Yesterday we reported that the Public Service Board, consisting of the Mayor Johnson and five others, voted 5-1 to increase our water fees by 7.5% for the average homeowner. We…
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS ALEJANDRA CHAVEZ MAYOR PRO TEMP, INDICATES CLEAN BREAK WITH FISCAL CONSERVATIVES
This morning, Renard Johnson made a motion to appoint newly-sworn-in City Rep Alejandra Chavez of District 1 as Mayor Pro Temp and Art Fierro of District 6 as Alt Mayor…
THE REIGN OF GASSANDRA ENDS TODAY!
Cassandra Hernandez began her stint as a City Council Representative on June 27, 2017 and her final day in office is today. El Paso has suffered 2,757 days under her…