OLIGARCHS ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE MAYOR’S VETO POWER!
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…
MAYOR LEESER CRITICIZED THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE HE PRAISED HIM
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,…
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES: THE HYPOCRISY OF CITY COUNCIL
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…
THE GREAT EL PASO EXODUS
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…
EL PASO TIMES: 18 QOL BOND PROJECTS ARE $58 MILLION OVER BUDGET
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.…
SEVEN DIRECTORS APPOINTED TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, BUT NONE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN!
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,…
DIRECTOR OF CITY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RESIGNS
Dear Friends, Jessica Herrera, the head of the City’s Economic and International Development Department, has resigned. According to a report by Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times, she has…
CITY REP. HERNANDEZ: THE MAYOR NEGLECTS “COMMUNITIES OF COLOR” AND THE “DISENFRANCHISED”
During yesterday’s City Council meeting under agenda item 19, City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 accused Mayor Oscar Leeser of neglecting communities of color and the poor because of…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-2 TO OVERRIDE MAYOR’S VETO OF $96M IN NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT
“Just like a credit card, just ’cause you have it, you don’t need to continue to continue to charge on it. Sooner or later that credit card’s gonna blow up…
SUPPORT THE MAYOR’S VETO OF $96M OF NON-VOTER APPROVED DEBT TODAY: INSTRUCTIONS
Dear Friends, At today’s City Council meeting, under agenda item 19, an attempt will be made by Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and her allies to override the Mayor’s veto of $96…