KVIA REPORTS 22% COVID-19 FATALITY RATE IN CIUDAD JUÁREZ
Dear Friends, KVIA and the Associated Press are reporting that the COVID-19 fatality rate in Ciudad Juárez has reached 22%, with “282 recorded deaths and 1,281 confirmed cases to date.”…
COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN THE AGE OF VINCE PEREZ: MEMBERSHIP DECLINES TO RECORD LOW
Dear Media and Friends, The El Paso County Historical Commission is down to only about a dozen members, the lowest number in more than 20 years. In fact, making a…
SUN METRO IS $68 MILLION IN THE HOLE!
Dear Media and Friends: Ellen Smyth, who has served as the Director of the Environmental Services Department of the City of El Paso for the last 16 years, was just…
OUR BALLPARK HAS COST THE TAXPAYERS AT LEAST $164 MILLION SO FAR, 2019 FIGURES ARE OUT
Dear Media and Friends, If you ever wondered why our local Chihuahuas franchise is called “triple A,” it is because the Ballpark that hosts them cost more than triple what…
CITY’S BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS NOT CONVENED SINCE JANUARY 13!
Dear Media and Friends, The City’s Bond Overview Advisory Committee (BOAC) has not convened since January 13 even though they are required to convene every two months. BOAC is a…
CITY REP INCUMBENTS VOTED TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE 19.44% SINCE ASSUMING OFFICE
*NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE. TAX RATE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF TAX BURDEN. Dear Media and Friends,…
BUDGET UPDATE FROM CITY CFO CORTINAS: MAJOR DECLINE IN REVENUES THROUGH FY 2021
Dear Media and Friends, Yesterday, under agenda item 13.1, City CFO Robert Cortinas updated the City Council and public on the budget crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. I have…
AARON MONTES TAKES CITY TO TASK OVER TRANSPARENCY, CITY MANAGER CALLS HIM A LIAR, MAYOR IMPUGNS HIM
Dear Media and Friends, Yesterday, City Rep. Henry Rivera of District 7, who was recently under fire for calling Sito Negron a “f–king idiot” during public comment, sponsored agenda item…
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR-ELECT DORA OAXACA ALLIED WITH CONTROVERSIAL BLOGGER
Dear Friends, Just last week, elections were held for positions within the Texas Democratic Party. Among the candidates was the controversial operative/blogger Jaime Abeytia, whose criminal record, racist rants against…
POPULATION OF EL PASO DECLINES BY 897 IN 2017-2018
Friends and Media, Rich Wright has repeatedly informed the public about El Paso’s stagnant population because our local media will not. “Between 2012 and 2017, Houston’s population grew by 156,559…