Dear Friends, Aaron Montes of the El Paso Times published a front-page report today on the upcoming City Council vote Tuesday vote on whether to suspend the “Arena” and Cultural…
Dear Media and Friends: I have just learned that an item has appeared on the City Council agenda for April 28, co-sponsored by Rep. Alexsandra Annello and Rep. Claudia Lizette…
Dear Media, Oral argument in the 8th Court of Appeals in El Paso is scheduled for today at 10:15am via Zoom. I will be represented by Lisa Bowlin Hobbs, who…
Dear Friends and Media, Tatiana Favela kindly released to me the full financial balance sheet for the Butterfield Trail Golf Course, which opened in 2007. I have added in red…
Dear Friends, This past November 3, ABC-7 XTRA aired a discussion between Texas preservationist J. P. Bryan and Mayor Dee Margo over the “Arena” controversy. The following day I shared…
Dear Friends, As I have reported previously, CFO Robert Cortinas estimates that the budgetary impact of COVID-19 will be approximately $32.5 million during FY 2020 (ending September 1). This is…
*NOTE: THIS REPORT FOCUSES ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BUT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE Dear Friends, This morning I wrote to you that the City is planning…
*NOTE: THIS REPORT FOCUSES ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BUT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE Dear Friends, Since 2014, our City property tax rate has increased 38%, from…
Dear Friends, Please read this excellent report from this past Friday on the financial failure of government-subsidized stadiums in the US. “Cities across the country are scrambling to figure out…
Yup, couldn’t have said it better myself. Peter takes campaign donations from billionaires and even worked for billionaire Mike Bloomberg yet publicly attacks billionaires. http://elchuqueno.com/about-j-p-bryan/
