Local politics
As some of you already know, City staff announced yesterday morning under agenda item 40 that discussion and action to eliminate the Mayor’s “tie-breaking and veto capacity,” which had been…
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee voted 4-3 to modify Article IV, Section 4.1 B of our City Charter so as to deprive the Mayor of his…
This past Sunday Erik Elken of KVIA interviewed former mayors Joe Wardy and Dee Margo on ABC-7 Xtra at 10:30pm. Predictably, the two men expressed their eternal love for City…
On June 15, the Dallas City Council will vote on whether to terminate City Manager T. C. Broadnax, who earns $410,000 per year. See the notice below by Mayor Eric…
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee of the City of El Paso voted 4-3 under item 5.3 to modify our City Charter so as to deprive our…
Dear Friends and Media, In the attached campaign mailer, mayoral candidate Oscar Leeser told El Pasoans he would “reevaluate the scope and responsibilities of the City Manager.” At the time,…
Last month our City Council voted unanimously to order City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to craft a plan to decrease the City property tax rate, which has risen 38% since Gonzalez…
Dear Friends, As I indicated below, the 2020 US Census shows that the population of Texas increased 15.9% between 2010 and 2020, while the population of the City of El…
Dear Friends, Mónica Ortiz Uribe of the El Paso Times just published a long and interesting report on Texas’ regressive tax system, which disproportionately impacts low-income residents of our state.…
Dear Friends, Today, under agenda item 12, our City Council voted 6-2 to appoint or reappoint seven Directors to the Downtown Management District, with Reps. Annello and Salcido dissenting. Amazingly,…
