EPISD BOARD VOTES FOR 9.7% TAX INCREASE, TOTAL BILL FOR AVERAGE-VALUED HOME TO RISE ABOUT $300
With Leah Hanany and Jack Loveridge at the helm of the EPISD Board of Trustees, we knew this was coming. It is not enough that the City voted for a…
ONCE UPON A TIME, I PINNED MY HOPES ON SAMANIEGO… THEN HE BECAME A TOOL OF THE OLIGARCHS
When Ricardo Samaniego ran for County Judge in 2018, I was one of his top three supporters and raised well over $15,000 for his campaign. Samaniego even came to my…
CITY AND COUNTY SPENDING HAVE OUTPACED INFLATION “EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DEVASTATING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times cites a new study from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which study found that “increases in local spending between 2015 and 2025 have…
UNDER INTENSE PUBLIC PRESSURE, COUNTY REJECTS TAX INCREASE!
Commissioners approved the no-new-revenue rate of $0.451133 per $100 of taxable property value, or about 45.11 cents. That means that on average, El Pasoans will pay the same amount in…
BOTH CITY AND COUNTY POISED TO RAISE PROPERTY TAX TO MAXIMUM PERMITTED BY LAW
If the City and County both adopt their proposed tax rates, El Pasoans will be pounded with a financial sledgehammer. The Commissioners Court and City Council are both considering the…
STOUT AND CORONADO VOTE AGAINST COUNTY PAY RAISES BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCLUDED
During today’s County Commissioners Court meeting under Budget and Finance item 12A, the five-member court discussed whether to increase the salaries of County employees up to 4.0%, effective January 3,…
EL PASO INC: 8,800 HOUSEHOLDS RELOCATED TO NEW MEXICO BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023
Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc just published an exceptional report documenting the exodus of 8,800 El Paso families to New Mexico between 2019 and 2023. According to Mata,…
Texas Attorney General Announces Investigation of El Paso and Other Texas Cities to “Stop Illegal Tax Increases”
Martin Paredes reports that yesterday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is investigating El Paso and other cities for “illegal tax increases.” The City sa ys it enacted its…
NEW COUNTY CFO RAN CITY FINANCES UNDER JOYCE WILSON, HAS CONTROVERSIAL RECORD
Last month, Chief Administrator Betsy Keller appointed Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria as Director of Budget and Finance of El Paso County. There was no discussion of the hire by the County Commissioners…
SAMANIEGO AUTHORIZED $894 MILLION IN BONDS BUT NOW WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE!
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