COUNTY APPOINTS FIRST FIVE MEMBERS OF BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
During the January 8 meeting of the El Paso County Commissioners Court, the first five members of the new Bond Advisory Committee were appointed. According to the backup to agenda…
COUNTY POISED TO APPROVE $500 MILLION IN NEW DEBT!
We warned you this was coming. Today under agenda item 13, the El Paso County Commissioners Court is discussing its FY2024 Multiyear Capital Plan, which includes $500 million in new…
INTRODUCING OUR FIVE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES: CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UMC, AND EPCC
These are the five entities that together comprise our property tax bill and greedily consume our property tax dollars. All five eat from the same trough and each tries to…
LIBERTARIANS ADDRESS THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Today Max Grossman, Chief Instigator of the El Paso Taxpayer Revolt, and Ryan Woodcraft, Libertarian candidate for County Precinct 1, addressed the El Paso County Commissioners Court to respond to…
ALERT: COUNTY TO DISCUSS FUTURE BONDING CAPACITY TOMORROW!
In October we reported that the County may hold a bond election in November 2024 and ask the voters to issue up to $350 million in general obligation bonds, and…
COUNTY MAY HOLD BOND ELECTION, COULD ISSUE UP TO $500 MILLION OF NEW DEBT BY JANUARY 2025!
On Monday, October 23 the County’s financial advisers, Brad Angst and Nancy Rocha, gave the Commissioners Court a Q3 market update under agenda item 8. Toward the end of their…
COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN: “I STRONGLY OBJECTED TO INCREASING TAXES”
Commissioner Iliana Holguin Regarding the Tax Increase Approved by the Commissioners Court Dear Pct. #3 Residents: I am very saddened to have to report that at the August 28, 2023…
COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per $100 of assessed value, which is five cents more than the no-new-revenue rate…
COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016
Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County Commissioners were paid $62,680 per year and the County Judge was paid $87,577.…
COUNTY VOTES TO POST NOTICE TO ISSUE $100M IN NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT
Today the El Paso County Commissioners Court voted to post notice to issue $100 million in non-voter-approved debt. On November 17, the Court had already considered this debt issuance but…