PAUL FOSTER ON TAXATION IN EL PASO
“A lot of our political leadership has had the point of view that spending money causes people to pay more taxes, and they think that their role as political leaders…
REP. ALEJANDRA CHAVEZ RECEIVES $2,500 FROM MARGOS AND ORTEGA AFTER VOTING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
According to her campaign webpage, Alejandra Chavez “is committed to exploring options for property tax relief.” However, during the recent budget discussions she did not make a single proposal that…
DEBT PLAZA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TO COST $6-7 MILLION
Yesterday, Mayor Renard Johnson gave a public presentation on the proposed Debt Plaza over Interstate 10 in downtown El Paso. In November 2022, Stantec Consulting Services was paid $1,321,785 to…
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TAX HIKES FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC WIPE OUT BENEFIT FROM INCREASED SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION
We now have the effective tax figures from all five local taxing entities for FY 2026 and are the only media outlet to report them. The City is increasing its…
COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY $137 ON AVERAGE
We all knew a massive County tax increase was coming because four of five members of the Commissioners Court are tax-and-spend liberals who would rather waste our hard-earned money than…
MOORE BOWS TO MAYOR IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, FAILS TO PRESS HIM ON BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISES
When Mayor Renard Johnson decided to give an exclusive media interview to discuss his first six months in office, he did not go to Adam Powell, Lesley Engle, or Julia…
30 EL PASO HOTELS FAIL TO REMIT $2.5M IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
Last month we cited a City audit dated March 6 revealing that 10 hotels failed to remit $1,121,530.45 in hotel occupancy tax (HOT), including penalties and interest. Now we have…
CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!
The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just…
CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 4.3%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation.…
EPISD TRUSTEE ALEX CUELLAR TELLS KVIA “WE’RE NOT GONNA RAID THE FUND BALANCE” THEN VOTES TO DO SO 20 DAYS LATER!
Once in awhile we catch an El Paso politician in an outright lie. EPISD Trustee Alex Cuellar told Mark Ross of ABC-7 XTRA that his Board would not raid the…