EL PASO TIMES: CITY TAX RATE TO DROP BUT PROPERTY TAX BILLS TO RISE ANYWAY!
As you may have noticed, Adam Powell is the new City reporter for the El Paso Times. He replaces Anthony Jackson, who did a great job during his time in…
HYPOCRISY: THREE CITY REPS WANT TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES 😅
City Reps. Hernandez, Salcido and Rodriguez published a column in the El Paso Times in which they brag about property tax exemptions for disabled and senior citizens and then congratulate…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX RATE DROPS TO 3RD POSITION IN 2021, COMMERCIAL RATE RISES FROM 7TH TO 3RDÂ
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just came out with their report on the tax rates of the 50 largest cities in America…
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED $400M CO ISSUANCE FOR UMC
The only Democratic leaders present at the 3-2 vote by the County Commissioners Court to post notice to issue up to $400M in certificates of obligation without voter authorization were…
COUNTY VOTES 3-2 TO POST NOTICE FOR $400M IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR UMC
Yesterday the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 3-2 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation in support of UMC and the Children’s Hospital, with…
ALERT!!! COUNTY TO VOTE TODAY ON POSTING NOTICE TO ISSUE UP TO $400M IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
The County Commissioners Court is poised to vote today under agenda item 8 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation, which do not require…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX RATE CATCHING UP WITH NUMBER-ONE DETROIT
Every year the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence co-author a “50-State Property Tax Comparison Study” examining the property tax rates for the 50…
CINTRON CLAIMS FAST-TRACKING THE $346M UMC DEBT ISSUANCE WILL SAVE UP TO $100M
Jacob Cintron, the CEO of UMC, appeared on ABC-7 XTRA this past Sunday and the video is now online. Host Stephanie Valle twice asked Cintron why the proposed $346 million…
ABC-7 XTRA TONIGHT: CINTRON TO RESPOND TO CRITICISM ON UMC’S PROPOSED $346M CO
Tonight on ABC-7 XTRA at 10:30pm, Jacob Cintron, who is the CEO of University Medical Center, will defend the vote of his Board of Managers to recommend issuance of a…
MAJOR INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX IS COMING SOON
Yesterday Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times published a report in which he calculates that the proposed UMC debt issuance, now stated to be $346 million, will add $80…