*NOTE: This post is flawed because we only discuss tax rates without indicating whether they are above or below the no-new-revenue-tax rates. When City Manager Gonzalez assumed office on June…
El Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas but has the highest outstanding debt in certificates of obligation. $642,000,000 in CO debt has been authorized since 2012 without voter…
Dear Media, This email is just for you! One year ago I submitted to you my research on the City’s outstanding debt from certificates of obligation, which are supposed to…
*NOTE: This report is flawed because we do not where the tax rate stands in relation to the no-new-revenue tax rate. Tommy Gonzalez was appointed City Manager on June 23,…
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” –Plato, The Republic, circa 375 BC. Friends, El Paso is now at a…
Dear Media, This email is just for you! I have completed my research on the issuance of certificates of obligation by the City of El Paso after carefully analyzing the…
Dear Friends and Media, On May 27, the Dallas City Council voted 11-3 with one abstention to reject allowing the Dallas County Tax Office to calculate a property tax increase…
Dear Media and Friends: Ellen Smyth, who has served as the Director of the Environmental Services Department of the City of El Paso for the last 16 years, was just…
*NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE. TAX RATE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF TAX BURDEN. Dear Media and Friends,…
Dear Media and Friends, Yesterday, under agenda item 13.1, City CFO Robert Cortinas updated the City Council and public on the budget crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. I have…
