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…
JOE PICKETT’S STREETCAR
Joe Pickett’s PCC streetcar no. 1510 has more ridership than the City’s trolleys! I mean, there were three of us inside his streetcar this afternoon, which is more than you…
PLAN TO CONVERT SUNSET HEIGHTS MANSION INTO A B&B IS DEAD
In August I reported that the Trost-designed Mathias Mansion, erected in 1912 at 607 W. Yandell, was going to be converted by a local investor into a B & B,…
UMC WANTS TO ISSUE UP TO $400 MILLION IN NEW DEBT: KVIA REPORT
KVIA ABC-7 published an exceptional report last night clearly explaining why the handling of the proposed UMC debt issuance of up to $400M without voter approval is so problematic: 1.…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CO (PART 2)
Only two days will have elapsed from yesterday’s vote of the Board of Managers of UMC to issue $400M in new debt without voter approval and tomorrow’s vote of the…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION UNDER THE RADAR!
Martin Paredes of El Paso News has obtained a recording of yesterday’s meeting of the University Medical Center Board of Managers from an anonymous source. The recording reveals that the…
ABC-7 XTRA VIDEO: WARDY AND MARGO ON CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ
This past Sunday Erik Elken of KVIA interviewed former mayors Joe Wardy and Dee Margo on ABC-7 Xtra at 10:30pm. Predictably, the two men expressed their eternal love for City…
DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE WEDNESDAY ON WHETHER TO FIRE THEIR CITY MANAGER
On June 15, the Dallas City Council will vote on whether to terminate City Manager T. C. Broadnax, who earns $410,000 per year. See the notice below by Mayor Eric…
CITY FAILS TO SECURE DAMAGED DURANGUITO PROPERTIES
It was 74 days ago that our City Council voted 6-1 under Executive Session item 2 to spend $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint”…
OLIGARCHS ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE MAYOR’S VETO POWER!
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee of the City of El Paso voted 4-3 under item 5.3 to modify our City Charter so as to deprive our…