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,…
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…
CITY AND COUNTY SPENDING HAVE OUTPACED INFLATION “EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DEVASTATING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times cites a new study from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which study found that “increases in local spending between 2015 and 2025 have…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 6.0%, NEARLY DOUBLE INFLATION RATE
According to the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF TAX INCREASE, the current effective City tax on the average-valued single-family residence is $1,751.61. City Council was initially considering an increase of…
MAYOR ACTIVELY SUPPORTS CITY TAX INCREASE, VIOLATES CAMPAIGN PLEDGE AGAIN
Mayor Renard Johnson campaigned on lowering our City property tax but has now presided over the second increase in a row since assuming office. Just before yesterday’s final vote to…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-2 FOR MASSIVE TAX INCREASE, REPS BOYAR TREJO AND LIMÓN DISSENT
Today City Council voted 6-2 to adopt a budget for FY 2027 with a tax rate of $0.79800 per $100 of valuation, slightly below the voter-approval rate. This means the…
EL PASO MATTERS DEFENDS MAYOR’S LIE ABOUT LOWERING OUR PROPERTY TAX
As every El Pasoan who is not in a coma knows, Mayor Renard Johnson promised repeatedly to lower our property tax during his election campaign. Now that outraged El Pasoans…
BOTH CITY AND COUNTY POISED TO RAISE PROPERTY TAX TO MAXIMUM PERMITTED BY LAW
If the City and County both adopt their proposed tax rates, El Pasoans will be pounded with a financial sledgehammer. The Commissioners Court and City Council are both considering the…
IS THE PROPOSED CITY TAX INCREASE 7.5% OR 11.0%?
Confusingly, there are two sets of figures presented in the backup to items 27-29 on the City Council Agenda for Tuesday, August 18. City staff is recommending adopting the voter-approval…