ABC-7 XTRA: LIBERTARIAN PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS CITY SPENDING
Last night Stephanie Valle and Erik Elken of KVIA hosted CFO Robert Cortinas and Project Manager Yvette Hernandez of the City of El Paso on ABC-7 XTRA to discuss the…
ANALISA SILVERSTEIN AND BETTINA OLIVARES ON THE RECORD: CITY PROPERTY TAX AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
Today the Community First Coalition of El Paso hosted candidates for City Districts 1 and 8 at the Sacred Heart Church Gymnasium. Each candidate was asked nine questions, followed by…
MAX GROSSMAN TO THE EL PASO TIMES: THE DAYS OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE OVER
The El Paso Times was kind enough to publish a guest column I submitted to them and I thank them for letting me share my view about certificates of obligation.…
CBS4: COUNTY DELAYS VOTE ON UMC DEBT ISSUANCE UNTIL LIBRE PETITION IS VERIFIED
Today the El Paso County Commissioners Court decided to delay the vote on whether to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $346 million to expand UMC hospital…
LIBRE CLAIMS IT HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO STOP UMC’S DEBT ISSUANCE!
At 2:15pm today, the Libre Initiative submitted to the County Clerk the signatures of about 35,000 citizens who oppose University Medical Center’s plan to issue $346 million in certificates of…
ROBERT MOORE: “RENTERS FACE BIG HIT FROM PROPERTY TAX INCREASES”
Robert Moore of El Paso Matters published a report analyzing the impact of property tax increases on rental properties, where most low-income El Pasoans live. As we all know, the…
CITY REP CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ WANTED OUR HOMES APPRAISED EVEN HIGHER TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX!
The media have reported that the Central Appraisal District recently increased our average property valuations by an average of 13.3%. What they did not report, however, is that City Rep.…
CITY VOTES TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX
As if our property tax were not high enough already, yesterday our City Council voted 6-2, under agenda item 7, to raise our City property tax by about $83 for…
UMC BOND PRESENTATION TODAY AT 6:00PM
oday County Commissioner Iliana Holguin, who opposes the use of certificates of obligation to pay for the proposed expansion of UMC, will host a “UMC Bond Presentation” at Ysleta High…
POLITICAL HYPOCRISY: ESCOBAR ATTACKS OPPONENTS OF UMC BOND
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The El Paso Commissioners Court was poised to rubber-stamp $346 million in certificates of obligation to fund the UMC hospital expansion, but Jacob…