EPCC BUDGET AND SALARIES
El Paso Community College (EPCC) is one of the five local entities that tax our properties. It was established by the voters of El Paso County in 1969. The Texas…
EPISD PLANNING $600 MILLION BOND!!!
We wish it were not true. The El Paso Independent School District is planning to place a $600 million bond before the voters! The last bond passed by 55.41% on…
EL PASO HAS THE 3RD HIGHEST TAX RATE AMONG THE 50 LARGEST CITIES
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just published their 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study for Taxes Paid in 2022. The study found that among…
NUMBER OF EPISD FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DROPS 14% SINCE 2014
Thanks to new data we acquired through an open records request, we can now report that the number of full-time EPISD employees decreased from 8,402 in 2014 to 7,229 this…
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…
KFOX14: NINE EL PASO SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS EARN A TOTAL OF $2,055,721
Why do we have nine school districts with nine administrations and nine headquarters? Why are we paying nine superintendents a total of $2,055,721 in a community with so many living…
EPISD SALARIES REVEALED
If you live within the El Paso Independent School District as we do, you will notice that 44.4% of your property tax bill supports K-12 education. Since we are curious…
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.…
EL PASO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATES
The Socorro Independent School District recently posted the attached chart on their webpage showing the tax rates for the nine school districts in El Paso County. If you reside within…