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TAX HIKES FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC WIPE OUT BENEFIT FROM INCREASED SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION

August 28, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

We now have the effective tax figures from all five local taxing entities for FY 2026 and are the only media outlet to report them. The City is increasing its…

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COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY $137 ON AVERAGE

August 20, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

We all knew a massive County tax increase was coming because four of five members of the Commissioners Court are tax-and-spend liberals who would rather waste our hard-earned money than…

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CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!

August 8, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just…

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COUNTY DEBT ISSUES REVEALED

June 6, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

In November, El Paso voters approved County Proposition A ($95,615,000 for parks and recreation), Proposition B ($26,700,000 for Medical Examiner facilities), and Proposition E ($32,710,000 for the Animal Shelter), for…

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT GOES TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE

May 19, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

On January 30, 2023, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 under item 8 to issue certificates of obligation in the amount of $59 million for “essential public infrastructure projects.” Only…

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LIBRE INITIATIVE DIRECTOR EXCORIATES EL PASO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT

May 14, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Enrique Romero is the local Director of The Libre Initiative, a fiscally conservative non-profit “dedicated to empowering the Hispanic community.” Today he published a scathing opinion essay highlighting the addiction…

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COUNTY BOND DEBT TRIPLES IN FOUR YEARS!

April 25, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

The El Paso County Commissioners Court consists of Judge Samaniego and Commissioners Butler, Stout, Holguin, and Coronado. All but Holguin are tax-and-spend progressives who seem determined to spend us into…

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CITY OWES $721 MILLION IN PRINCIPAL & INTEREST ON 9 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

April 13, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

During the last two fiscal years, the total principal and interest on our City’s CO debt declined from a peak of $852 million to $721 million. This is because our…

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COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO ISSUE $54 MILLION IN CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL

March 24, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Like greedy pigs at the trough, our County Commissioners Court just voted 4-1 under agenda item 9C to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $54 million. Commissioner…

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COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

March 19, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

“I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that…

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TAX HIKES FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC WIPE OUT BENEFIT FROM INCREASED SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION

COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY $137 ON AVERAGE

CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!

COUNTY DEBT ISSUES REVEALED

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT GOES TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE

LIBRE INITIATIVE DIRECTOR EXCORIATES EL PASO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT

COUNTY BOND DEBT TRIPLES IN FOUR YEARS!

CITY OWES $721 MILLION IN PRINCIPAL & INTEREST ON 9 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO ISSUE $54 MILLION IN CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL

COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

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