MAYOR JOHNSON, PLEASE WRITE TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Dear Mayor Johnson, Yesterday, City Council voted 8-0 to proceed with a RFQ that will result in the sale of 17 City-owned properties within the former Arena Footprint to private…
COUNTY PROPOSAL TO PLACE $105M COLISEUM BOND ON BALLOT FAILS
Yesterday the County Commissioners Court debated Commissioner David Stout’s proposal to place a $105 million Coliseum bond proposition on the May 3 ballot even though the same proposition was rejected…
STOUT WANTS A NEW $105M COLISEUM BOND, IGNORES THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
On November 5, El Pasoans rejected El Paso Bond Proposition D, which would have authorized the issuance of $105,485,000 in general obligation bonds “for the County’s Coliseum and adjacent facilities…
ABOLISH THE CLIMATE OFFICE
Dear Mayor and City Council, On November 8, 2022, Proposition C passed with only 50.63% voter support, mandating “the issuance of $5,200,000 General Obligation Bonds for renewable energy and resource…
TOTAL DEBT OF EL PASO TAXING ENTITIES TO SURPASS $11.5 BILLION
We are the only media source that reports the total debt of our local taxing entities. On March 28 we shared statistics from the Texas Bond Review Board showing that…
THE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR ALLIES SEIZE CONTROL OF THE CITY’S FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
For two years, Brian Rep. Kennedy was Chair of the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) of the City of El Paso and served alongside Reps. Alexsandra Annello, Joe Molinar,…
HISTORIC FABENS HIGH SCHOOL BURNS, DEMOLITION IMMINENT
Fellow El Pasoans, Fabens High School, designed by Henry C. Trost in 1925, burned overnight and its remains will be demolished tomorrow. Until recently there were 9 Trost-designed buildings in…
THE PERFECT STORM: SAMANIEGO AND JOHNSON
County Judge Ricardo Samaniego ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and assumed office January 1, 2019. Since that time, he voted to increase his salary to $152,700 and to…
JOHNSON EXPLAINS WHY HE ABSTAINED FROM VOTE TO INCREASE WATER FEES BY 7.5%
Yesterday we reported that the Public Service Board, consisting of the Mayor Johnson and five others, voted 5-1 to increase our water fees by 7.5% for the average homeowner. We…
JOHNSON ABSTAINS FROM VOTE TO INCREASE WATER FEES 7.5%
Yesterday the Public Service Board, which consists of the Mayor and five members appointed by City Council, voted 5-1 to increase our water, wastewater, and stormwater fees for FY 2025-26…