IS THE PROPOSED CITY TAX INCREASE 7.5% OR 11.0%?
Confusingly, there are two sets of figures presented in the backup to items 27-29 on the City Council Agenda for Tuesday, August 18. City staff is recommending adopting the voter-approval…
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,…
TOM HANDY: WHY I WAS NOT APPOINTED TO THE EPISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES
I didn’t get selected for the District 6 trustee seat for the El Paso Independent School District. It wasn’t because I didn’t bring my best, and it certainly wasn’t because…
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,…
EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every fiscal year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher…
MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FOR FY 2027
This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO GIVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR $132 TAX INCREASE ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WORTH $232,669
Initially City staff had proposed a tax rate of $0.783 per $100 of valuation, which would have resulted in an increase of $105 for the average-valued El Paso single-family home…
MEDIA ALERT: REPORTING ON CITY TAX INCREASE
Dear News Editors and General Managers of Television News Networks, Every August our City Council votes on a budget and tax rate for the next fiscal year, and every August…
INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY!
SISD Trustee Ryan Woodcraft stands accused of misdemeanor assault but we remind everyone that he is absolutely innocent unless convicted in a court of law. Please let him have his…
LOVERIDGE TO KFOX14: “WE DON’T ACTUALLY RUN THE DISTRICT AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES”
On May 18, the public learned that EPISD was facing a $52.8 million budget deficit in the 3rd fiscal quarter. A recent internal audit placed the blame almost entirely on…