Karla Sierra is the Grassroots Engagement Director for The LIBRE Initiative-Texas, a Hispanic group promoting constitutional principles, free-market solutions, individual liberty, and conservative policies. She recently published an excellent opinion…
The City’s latest debt figures are available on page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, posted to the webpage of the Office of Budget & Management. There you will…
“I’m not suing for a million dollars for Joe Pickett. I’m suing for all taxpayers in El Paso. I just want some accountability for these fees.” –Joe Pickett, Former State…
Rich Wright of El Chuqueño has started a new podcast and his first guests were former Texas Rep. Joe Pickett and me. We discussed the City’s $30 million slush fund,…
If you pay a monthly water bill like I do, you will notice a tax levied by the Environmental Services Department (ESD) of the City of El Paso. I have…
In his report last night, Erik Elken discussed how inflation, lack of supply, and our rising property tax are making homes in El Paso less affordable. He asked the City…
Yesterday the voters of El Paso approved all three propositions of the Community Progress Bond for a total of $272,480,000 in new borrowing. In addition, there are hundreds of millions…
The chart attached to this email is especially for you, so that you have accurate information when you report on City tax rates. I plot all the adopted tax rates…
Of all the candidates who received megabucks from the Oligarchs on the West Side, incumbent Claudia Rodriguez of District 6 stands out for her mendacious claim: “Claudia has never voted…
The City of El Paso is distributing the “Inaugural Edition” of a 22-page digital booklet called “Elevating our City,” which I have appended below. On page 6 you will read…
