EPISD SCHEMING TO PLACE $600 MILLION BOND BEFORE THE VOTERS
The last time the El Paso Independent School District placed a bond before the voters was November 8, 2016. The bond passed by 55.41% and cost a record $668,695,577 plus…
EL PASO COUNTY TO CUT BUDGET OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 2-3%
The District Attorney’s Office has a current budget of $31,266,628, of which $23,199,953 is from the General Fund, $6,914,223 from grants, and $1,012,452 from the asset forfeiture account (though somehow…
OPEN LETTER FROM DR. RICK BONART, CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE: CANCEL THE ARENA AND START OVER
As the Chair of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Overview Advisory Committee, I attended the City’s two meetings on the proposed Union Depot location for the Multi Purpose Center…
SOCORRO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE!
Lately we have been calling attention to the miserable financial condition of our local school districts, which have an unquenchable thirst for bond money. They have little financial oversight compared…
INTERVIEW WITH BILL HICKS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Bill Hicks has more than 26 years of experience in the legal profession, including as Assistant District Attorney under Jaime Esparza from 1998 to 2010 and as State District Court…
THREE CHOICES FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 1
While our City leadership is committed to restraining spending and holding the line on taxes, the County Commissioners Court has gone completely off the rails, approving the highest tax rate…
JAIME ABEYTIA SUPPORTING CAMPAIGN OF JACKIE ARROYO BUTLER
We just received confirmation, via the attached photo, that political operative Jaime Abeytia is supporting the campaign of Jackie “Arroyo” Butler for County Precinct 1. Abeytia was well known in…
HERNANDEZ ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN KICKOFF & FUNDRAISER FOR MAYOR
As soon as Hernandez announced her event, the attached spoof began circulating almost immediately. We are sharing it here for the sake of comic relief! We also received the original…
EL PASO WATER CUSTOMERS PAY 88% OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
This past February 21, Manuel Moreno, Vice-Chair of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, wrote a letter to the City summarizing a presentation that had been made to his group by…
WHERE IS A PACIFIER WHEN YOU NEED ONE?
Lately the opinion pages of the El Paso Times have been littered with folks like Henry Felix demanding a downtown arena, afraid our City might build one that is too…