MAYOR TIGHTENING CONTROL OVER TIRZ 5, REAPPOINTS ORTEGA
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) number 5 encompasses all of Downtown, the western part of the Segundo Barrio, and a portion of Central El Paso. Any incremental increase in tax…
PER-STUDENT COST OF CANUTILLO ISD CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN DOUBLE EPISD
Socorro ISD recently compiled statistics on the five largest school districts in El Paso County: Socorro ISD, El Paso ISD, Ysleta ISD, Clint ISD, and Canutillo ISD. The Budget Advisory…
CITY TO ISSUE $71,140,000 IN BOND DEBT
City CFO Robert Cortinas will present agenda item 25 to City Council this Tuesday, April 14, according to which $71,140,000 in general obligation bonds will be issued. The funds will…
CITY GO AND CO BOND DEBT DECREASED $300M IN FY 2023-26
On February 12, City CFO Robert Cortinas gave a presentation to the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee on the current state of the City’s debt. The City owes $843,920,00 in…
GROSSMAN AND SOLO APPOINTED TO EPISD FINANCE COMMITTEE
EPISD is creating a new Finance Committee that will be staffed by seven members chosen by the Board of Trustees. Trustee Valerie Beals of District 6 has appointed Jenny Solo…
KFOX14: MAYOR’S PROMISE TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX MORPHS INTO PROMISE TO “KEEP THE TAX BURDEN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE”
On February 15 we shared the five-year financial outlook of City CFO Robert Cortinas, who predicts a widening gap in the General Fund budget in FY 2027-2031 amounting to a…
THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE
The Mexican-American Cultural Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but ended up costing $16,500,000, nearly triple. The Children’s Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but ended up costing over $60,000,000,…
CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031
Robert Cortinas is the CFO of the City of El Paso and at the Council Work session this coming Monday he will report his budget projections for FY 2027-2031. Based…
LEADERSHIP OF ALL FIVE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES DOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS
We have to hand it to the local Republicans. This is one hell of a billboard they put up at Lee Trevino and Pellicano! We have no doubt it is…
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER SISD TRUSTEES CASTELLANO AND BARRERA DISMISSED
We reported in March 2024 that whistleblowers Ricardo Castellano, a retired EPPD officer who was then the District 3 Trustee of the Socorro Independent School District, and his wife Gabriela,…