NEW CITY FIRE STATION TO COST $1,180 PER SQUARE FOOT!
Dear Friends and Media, On November 5, 2019 El Pasoans voted to issue $413,122,650 in general obligation bonds for public safety projects. The breakdown of how the funds would be…
LATINO HERITAGE SCHOLARS PUBLISH GUEST COLUMN IN EL PASO TIMES SUPPORTING PRESERVATION OF DURANGUITO
Dear Friends, As I reported below in July, the Latino Heritage Scholars, an initiative of the Hispanic Access Foundation (a group with international reach), listed Duranguito as one of seven…
RENT FOR TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS UP 17% SINCE LAST YEAR!
Dear Friends, In the current issue of El Paso Inc, Reyes Mata shows that rent for a two-bedroom apartment in El Paso increased 16.9% for the 12 months ending in…
LESTER HOLT OF NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TO FOCUS ON DURANGUITO CRISIS!
Dear Media and Friends, I have learned that Lester Holt of NBC Nightly News sent a team of four to El Paso this past Monday and Tuesday: a correspondent, cameraman,…
EL PASO INC: HIGH TAXES DRIVING EL PASOANS TO FLEE IN LARGE NUMBERS
Dear Friends, David Crowder of El Paso Inc published a bombshell report yesterday focusing on El Paso’s anemic growth with respect to the nearby towns of Dona Ana County, New…
MAJOR NATIONAL TELEVISION NEWS NETWORK TO HIGHLIGHT DURANGUITO CONTROVERSY
Dear Media and Friends, As I reported in July, the Hispanic Access Foundation listed Duranguito as one of seven sites that deserve protection because of its cultural and historical significance…
THE CITY OF EL PASO’S FAVORITE FIGURE: TRIPLE
Dear Friends, The Mexican-American Culture Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but it will now cost $16,500,000. Nearly triple. The Childrens Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but it will…
EL PASO MATTERS REPORT: “HOMEOWNERS CONTEND WITH SHARP CLIMB IN PROPERTY TAX BILLS”
El Paso Matters has recently been investigating the critically important issues of debt and taxation. Elida S. Perez just published an excellent report titled “El Paso homeowners contend with sharp…
SEVEN DIRECTORS APPOINTED TO THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, BUT NONE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN!
Dear Friends, Today, under agenda item 12, our City Council voted 6-2 to appoint or reappoint seven Directors to the Downtown Management District, with Reps. Annello and Salcido dissenting. Amazingly,…
EL PASO TIMES DOUBLE FEATURE: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON DEFICIT SPENDING AND TAXES
Dear Friends, This past Friday, the El Paso Times published two letters to the editor under the heading “City officials forget their obligation to taxpayers.” They lament the City’s out-of-control…