RENARD RAKES IN $40,500 FROM HIS FRIENDS
Mayor Renard Johnson spent over $1.5 million on his mayoral election, running on a promise to lower our property tax, fix our streets, and lure large businesses to El Paso.…
RENARD “I WILL LOWER YOUR TAXES” JOHNSON
This past Thursday, KVIA ABC-7 aired its “exclusive ride” with Mayor Renard Johnson, who told Paul Cicala, “What I will do as Mayor is I will lean on my relationships…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC COMMENT
Numerous El Pasoans were alarmed by the City’s plan to reform Public Comment, which would have been moved from the individual agenda items to a designated period starting at 10:00am,…
CITY DOUBLES DOWN ON RESTRICTIONS TO PUBLIC COMMENT
This past Saturday, the El Paso Times published a guest column by Max Grossman criticizing the City Council vote on April 29 restricting public comment on agenda items to a…
GROSSMAN TO EL PASO TIMES: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO RESTRICT PUBLIC COMMENT
On April 29, the El Paso City Council voted 7-1 to amend the Rules of Order such that public comment on agenda items will be confined to a 60-minute period…
DOES DISARMING LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS MAKE YOU FEEL SAFER?
Of all the wasteful, useless government programs, this one has got to be the dumbest. Instead of disarming law-abiding citizens, the County should focus on arresting and prosecuting armed criminals.
CITY PAYS TRIPLE APPRAISED VALUE FOR PROPERTY TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER
Ben Fyffe is “Quality of Life Projects Manager” and is the 24th highest paid employee in the City of El Paso, drawing a salary of $191,445 plus benefits. He assures…
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…
SAMANIEGO, STOUT AND CORONADO RUNNING FOR REELECTION, VOTED TO ISSUE MASSIVE DEBT AND RAISE THEIR OWN SALARIES
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times nailed it in his report on the reelection bids of Samaniego, Stout, and Coronado: “Stout and Samaniego pushed the unpopular $340 million CO…