DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING CARPET-BOMBED BY OUR FIVE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES?
Here are the tax increases for FY 2027 on the average-valued residence in El Paso: EPISD $114 CITY $105 COUNTY $41 EPCC $16 UMC $10 Invite your friends and family…
HANANY BRAGS ABOUT LOWERING EPISD TAX RATE YET TAX BILLS ARE SET TO INCREASE 9.7%
Leah Hanany is President of the Board of Trustees of the El Paso Independent School District and is as dishonest as she is incompetent. The Board passed its FY 2027…
EPISD BOARD VOTES FOR 9.7% TAX INCREASE, TOTAL BILL FOR AVERAGE-VALUED HOME TO RISE ABOUT $300
With Leah Hanany and Jack Loveridge at the helm of the EPISD Board of Trustees, we knew this was coming. It is not enough that the City voted for a…
INTRODUCING OUR NEW ANTI-TAX SUPERWEAPON
At our top-secret weapons manufacturing facility, miles beneath a mountain, we have nearly completed testing our new anti-tax superweapon. We are not at liberty to reveal technical details but can…
IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING WHY WE FACE CITY TAX INCREASES WITH NO MONEY FOR STREETS
The taxpayers would be a lot better off it the City of El Paso would get out of the entertainment business completely.
FOUR INCUMBENT CITY REPS VOTED TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 11.5%, NOW SEEK REELECTION
City Reps. Alejandra Chavez, Ivan Niño, Art Fierro, and Chris Canales voted to increase the property tax on the average-valued home by 5.2% for FY2026 and 6.0% for FY2027. Mathematically,…
EPCC BOARD VOTES TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY 6.4% ON AVERAGE-VALUED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE
El Paso Community College, established in 1969 “to ensure affordable, high quality education and career pathways from start to finish,” has morphed into a multi-campus behemoth with a budget of…
ONCE UPON A TIME, I PINNED MY HOPES ON SAMANIEGO… THEN HE BECAME A TOOL OF THE OLIGARCHS
When Ricardo Samaniego ran for County Judge in 2018, I was one of his top three supporters and raised well over $15,000 for his campaign. Samaniego even came to my…
MAYOR BEFORE TAX VOTE: “WHATEVER WE DO, WE GOTTA GET IT FIGURED OUT”
Renard Johnson is a liar of the lowest order and deserves to be recalled from office and run out of politics. We invite you to listen to him bloviate shortly…