ABC-7 XTRA: LIBERTARIAN PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS CITY SPENDING
Last night Stephanie Valle and Erik Elken of KVIA hosted CFO Robert Cortinas and Project Manager Yvette Hernandez of the City of El Paso on ABC-7 XTRA to discuss the…
ANALISA SILVERSTEIN AND BETTINA OLIVARES ON THE RECORD: CITY PROPERTY TAX AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
Today the Community First Coalition of El Paso hosted candidates for City Districts 1 and 8 at the Sacred Heart Church Gymnasium. Each candidate was asked nine questions, followed by…
MAX GROSSMAN TO THE EL PASO TIMES: THE DAYS OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE OVER
The El Paso Times was kind enough to publish a guest column I submitted to them and I thank them for letting me share my view about certificates of obligation.…
CITY REP CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ WANTED OUR HOMES APPRAISED EVEN HIGHER TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX!
The media have reported that the Central Appraisal District recently increased our average property valuations by an average of 13.3%. What they did not report, however, is that City Rep.…
CITY VOTES TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX
As if our property tax were not high enough already, yesterday our City Council voted 6-2, under agenda item 7, to raise our City property tax by about $83 for…
LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS MEDIA FAIL TO REPORT TAX INCREASE IN EL PASO
All six of our local television news outlets reported that the City is lowering our tax rate by 4.49 cents without informing their viewers that the 13.3% increase in property…
CITY PROPAGANDA MACHINE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR
The Ministry of Truth of the City of El Paso has shifted its propaganda machine into high gear. Rep. Peter Svarzbein of District 1 posted the attached City propaganda to…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY TAX RATE TO DROP BUT PROPERTY TAX BILLS TO RISE ANYWAY!
As you may have noticed, Adam Powell is the new City reporter for the El Paso Times. He replaces Anthony Jackson, who did a great job during his time in…
HYPOCRISY: THREE CITY REPS WANT TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES 😅
City Reps. Hernandez, Salcido and Rodriguez published a column in the El Paso Times in which they brag about property tax exemptions for disabled and senior citizens and then congratulate…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX RATE DROPS TO 3RD POSITION IN 2021, COMMERCIAL RATE RISES FROM 7TH TO 3RDÂ
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just came out with their report on the tax rates of the 50 largest cities in America…