OLIGARCHY CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 1: ANALISA SILVERSTEIN
Each election cycle the Oligarchs select their candidates for City Council in a bid to maintain their grip on our City’s financial policies. It is easy to identify who these…
FORUM ON TAXATION TODAY AT 10AM: IS THE CITY DECEIVING TAXPAYERS?
oday I will be the guest speaker at a public forum on local taxation hosted by the Community First Coalition, scheduled for this Saturday, September 10 at the Fox Clardy…
REP. CISSY LIZARRAGA OF DISTRICT 8 TO APPOINT MARKETING EXECUTIVE TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION!
Under agenda item 10 for Tuesday’s City Council meeting, City Rep. Lizarraga is hoping to appoint Steffen Poessiger to the Historic Landmark Commission. Chapter 2.24.010 of the Code of Ordinances…
CITY REP CLAUDIA LIZETTE RODRIGUEZ RECEIVES MAJOR CAMPAIGN DONATION FROM STEVE ORTEGA
City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez of District 6 accepted $2,500 from Steve Ortega in support of her campaign for reelection, according to item 23 of yesterday’s City Council agenda. Ortega…
WHY DID REPS SALCIDO AND RODRIGUEZ VOTE AGAINST THE CITY BUDGET?
Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters published an extraordinary report titled “City representatives up for reelection switch votes on budget, tax rate.” In it she analyzes why City Reps.…
BRIAN KENNEDY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN WEBPAGE
Brian Kennedy is running for District 1 and he just launched his campaign webpage. It is hard to imagine a candidate for City office with more relevant and substantive experience…
OLIGARCHY LOSING GRIP ON POWER IN EL PASO: ART FIERRO ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR DISTRICT 6
In the time since I sent my email below, Art Fierro announced that he is running for City District 6 against incumbent Claudia Lizette Rodriguez. City Representative Rodriguez cast many…
OLIGARCHY LOSING GRIP ON POWER IN EL PASO
The Oligarchy is losing its grip on power in El Paso. The first sign that the tide turned against them was Ricardo Samaniego’s victory over John Cook in his race…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO REDUCE OUR FREEDOM!
In June I revealed (below) that the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee is dominated by oligarchy surrogates whose aim is to curb the power of the Mayor and reduce citizen…
CITY MANAGER TO GET 5% RAISE TO $424,595 AND CITY ATTORNEY TO GET 2% RAISE TO $285,797
The City announced a few days ago that City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and City Attorney Karla Nieman both received performance evaluations that exceeded standards between June 2021 and June 2022,…