CITY CFO CORTINAS RECOMMENDS ISSUING NO DEBT UNTIL FY 2026
This morning, the City’s Chief Financial Officer Robert Cortinas made a budget presentation to City Council under agenda item 3 in which he recommended issuing zero debt not only this…
EL PASO WATER CUSTOMERS PAY 88% OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
This past February 21, Manuel Moreno, Vice-Chair of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, wrote a letter to the City summarizing a presentation that had been made to his group by…
INTERVIEW WITH TED HOUGHTON, FORMER TEXAS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, NOW CHAIR OF EL PASO MOBILITY COMMISSION
Ted Houghton is the principal of Houghton Financial Partners, Chair of the El Paso Mobility Commission, and Vice-Chair of the Medical Center of the Americas. In previous years, he served…
MAX GROSSMAN RESPONDS TO JOYCE WILSON IN OP-ED FOR EL PASO MATTERS
https://elpasomatters.org/2024/02/19/opinion-max-grossman-responds-to-joyce-wilson-on-arena-plans/
INTERVIEW WITH JOE PICKETT, FORMER TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Former Texas House Rep. Joe Pickett is suing the City of El Paso because it levies illegal taxes on our water bills. Unless the City settles the case and makes…
ONLY $69 MILLION OF 2019 PUBLIC SAFETY BOND SPENT
On November 5, 2019, the voters approved the bloated Public Safety Bond, authorizing the issuance of $413,122,650 for Police and Fire facilities, including a new $90.6 million police station, a…
EL PASO TIMES: CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ “VOTED IN FAVOR OF RAISING TAXES SIX YEARS IN A ROW”
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published a report on Rep. Cassandra Hernandez reminding El Pasoans that she “voted in favor of raising taxes six years in a…
RENARD JOHNSON IS THE NEW BETO
Renard Johnson is running for Mayor on a pro-Oligarchy platform. That means more large bond issuances for capital improvement projects and transportation infrastructure, generous incentives for large corporations, and higher…
$413 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY BOND HAS NO CITIZEN OVERSIGHT
When the voters passed the Quality of Life Bond on November 6, 2012, authorizing the issuance of $473,225,000 in general obligation bonds for dozens of projects, the City immediately established…
2012 QUALITY OF LIFE BOND $63,607,763 OVERBUDGET
Yesterday we attended the meeting of the the Bond Overview Advisory Committee, at which City staff presented a chart detailing the expenditures from the Quality of Life Bond, which was…