Yesterday we reported that Rep. Kennedy, Rep. Molinar, Rep. Fierro, and Mayor Leeser each made an iron-clad commitment to vote against any City budget that would increase our property tax.…
City bond rating not what it appears: Letters to the Editor El Paso Times, Published 6:00am MT May 12, 2023 “Terrell Blodget wrote to this newspaper claiming the recent bond…
According to today’s issue of the Paso del Norte Economic Indicator Review of the Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness, “the El Paso Office of the Western District of Texas U.S.…
Our local media have created much confusion over the City of El Paso’s bond ratings, with KTSM, followed by the El Paso Times, and now KFOX incorrectly describing the AA+…
Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), which promotes itself as a full-service credit rating agency registered with the…
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…
