KVIA TAKES POSITION AGAINST LIMITING SPEECH OF CITY REPS
On April 1, City Council voted 6-2 to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to draft a resolution designating the Mayor as the sole spokesperson of the City for…
CITY’S BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW HAS PURVIEW OVER ALL GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
We reported on March 27, 2025 that Reps. Chris Canales and Lily Limon spearheaded an effort to expand the scope of the Bond Overview Advisory Committee, which only had purview…
PER-STUDENT COST OF CANUTILLO ISD CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN DOUBLE EPISD
Socorro ISD recently compiled statistics on the five largest school districts in El Paso County: Socorro ISD, El Paso ISD, Ysleta ISD, Clint ISD, and Canutillo ISD. The Budget Advisory…
SHOULD MAYOR JOHNSON BE THE SOLE CITY SPOKESMAN ON “HIGH-LEVEL” ISSUES?
On June 10, 2019, City Council voted to establish a Code of Conduct, confirming Mayor Dee Margo as “the designated representative of the Council to present and speak on the…
GROSSMAN ADDRESSES COUNTY ON DEBT PLAZA
On Monday, April 11 Max Grossman addressed the County Commissioners Court on the Debt Plaza and didn’t mince his words. See the video:
WILL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITHDRAW ITS SUPPORT FOR RICARDO SAMANIEGO?
On March 21, the Democratic precinct chairs voted 60-10 against committing public funds to the Debt Plaza. County Judge Samaniego voted to allocate $1 million for the design of the…
YESTERDAY REP. LILY LIMON CAST THE ONLY VOTE AGAINST THE DEBT PLAZA
Yesterday City Rep. Lily Limón was the sole dissenter in the 7-1 vote to proceed with a MOU in support of the Debt Plaza: “This gives the taxpayers a message…
YELLEN CLAIMS DEBT PLAZA WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES UP TO 8 DEGREES AND CAPTURE CARBON
It will also pay off the national debt, eliminate taxation, and cure herpes! We don’t expect you to believe us, so go the 4:28 mark in this video and see…
YELLEN CLAIMS DEBT PLAZA WILL SPARK $1 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Tracy Yellen is Chair of the Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation and today told the Commissioners court what we read on the Elevate the Debt webpage: that the Debt Plaza “will…
COUNTY VOTES 3-2 FOR DEBT PLAZA MOU, JUDGE AND TWO LAME DUCKS CARRY VOTE
Today the County voted 3-2 “to sign a memorandum of understanding establishing a non-binding collaborative framework with the City of El Paso and the Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation for the…