SISD SALARIES REVEALED, APR 2024
As late as 1930, about 65% of America’s schools were one-room buildings, often with a single teacher entrusted with all instruction. Since that time, most of our public schools have…
SISD BUDGET HOLE WIDENS TO $74 MILLION, STAFF SPENT $133 MILLION WITHOUT REQUIRED BOARD APPROVAL
It is now clear that the Socorro Independent School District is facing a financial meltdown that is far worse than has been reported by the media. Yesterday, CFO Vicki Perez…
HERNANDEZ VOTES AGAINST 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER, REJECTING $5.4 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT
Yesterday our City Council voted 6-1, with Rep. Cassandra Hernandez dissenting and Rep. Isabel Salcido absent, to proceed with a public-private partnership to construct a 12,500-seat amphitheater in Northeast El…
PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BUILD 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO, ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
Under Executive Session item EX1 today, our City Council announced a public-private partnership with Notes Live, Inc., a private developer, which will build a 12,500-seat amphitheater at the former site…
EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS ALL THREE CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Fellow Taxpayers, As a service to our community, we conducted extensive interviews with all three candidates for District Attorney: Bill Hicks, James Montoya, and Alma Trejo. In addition, we invited…
HERNANDEZ TELLS EL PASO INC THAT GONZALEZ FIRING SPARKED DEPARTURES OF UPPER MANAGEMENT
City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, who voted to raise our property tax six times and issue more than a half-billion dollars in debt without voter authorization, and who was reprimanded for…
SAM RODRIGUEZ APPOINTED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Sam Rodriguez was one of the most reliable bureaucrats under City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, rising up from Engineering Division Manager to Chief Transport and Operations Officer and Aviation Director. He…
MAYOR LEESER MOVES TO ELIMINATE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS!
Anyone who follows City Council meetings has suffered frustration when the Mayor and City Representatives disappear into Executive Session to discuss public business behind closed doors. Our elected City leaders…
CITY REP JOE MOLINAR ENDORSES LIBERTARIAN RYAN WOODCRAFT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1
Ryan Woodcraft will face tax-and-spend Democrat Jackie Butler and morally bankrupt Republican Claudia Lizette Rodriguez. We need someone on the Commissioners Court who will fight against reckless spending and tax…
ESCOBAR ONE OF 44 HOUSE REPS VOTING AGAINST RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-ZIONIST SLOGAN
Yesterday the US House of Representatives voted 377 to 44 to pass House Resolution 883, condemning the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which expresses…