Government taxation and spending
Tomorrow the County Commissioners Court plans to go on a record shopping binge by authorizing a general obligation bond in the amount of $323,796,000, which will be divided into five…
Thanks to the financial acumen and wizardry of CFO Robert Cortinas and Interim City Manager Cary Westin, yesterday our City Council was presented with a budget for FY 2024-25 that…
Yesterday our Chief Instigator, returning from work in Italy, called the El Paso County Commissioners Court from Newark Liberty International Airport to comment on agenda item 9A, which was a…
Two days ago we reported that the County will soon vote on whether to issue $188 million in certificates of obligation without voter approval and place a $294 million general…
During a Special Meeting of the County Commissioners Court on July 9, Jose Landeros, Director of Strategic Development, presented the recommendations of the Bond Advisory Committee for future debt issuances.…
A new audit reveals the City’s Economic & International Development Department lost millions of dollars because of systemic failures in its handling of Chapter 380 Agreements with developers and did…
Today under agenda items 38 and 39, City Council voted 4-3 to provide $30.6 million in incentives to Notes Live Inc., which will construct an amphitheater on the site of…
Read separately, each of these three words is harmless. But read together in this order, these are the three most feared words in El Paso County.
UPDATED 6/18/24, 11:32 PM As we know, El Paso County plans to max out its bonding capacity by issuing up to $500 million in new debt, including $150 million without…
Just when we thought the financial disaster that is Socorro ISD could not get any worse, it got worse by an order of magnitude! We reported five days ago that…
