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,…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY MANAGER COULD EARN $597,449 BY 2029
I am pleased to see that the El Paso Times, El Paso Matters, KVIA ABC-7 and CBS 4 have been publishing more investigative reports on the financial practices of the…
DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON ELIMINATION OF THE MAYOR’S “TIE-BREAKING AND VETO CAPACITY” DELAYED
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…
CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ELIMINATION OF THE MAYOR’S “TIE-BREAKING AND VETO CAPACITY”
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…
ABC-7 XTRA VIDEO: WARDY AND MARGO ON CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ
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…
DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE WEDNESDAY ON WHETHER TO FIRE THEIR CITY MANAGER
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…