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$60 MILLION IN GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEBT PLAZA REJECTED KFOX14: MAYOR’S PROMISE TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX MORPHS INTO PROMISE TO “KEEP THE TAX BURDEN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE” IS DEMOCRAT ANNETTE GRIEGO A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO SERGIO CORONADO? THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031

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  • $60 MILLION IN GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEBT PLAZA REJECTED
  • KFOX14: MAYOR’S PROMISE TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX MORPHS INTO PROMISE TO “KEEP THE TAX BURDEN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE”
  • IS DEMOCRAT ANNETTE GRIEGO A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO SERGIO CORONADO?
  • THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE
  • CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031
City of El Paso City of El Paso

JUSTIN CHURCHMAN COMMENTS ON SALE OF HIS HISTORIC PROPERTY FOR DEMOLITION

November 8, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

According to the Oligarchy Gazette (dba El Paso Inc), the century-old brick tenement at 315 W. Overland was renovated by August 2024 and opened with 16 units. In anticipation of…

City of El Paso

CITY STILL MUST ISSUE $460M IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, TAXES TO SHOOT UP

November 7, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

This is a screenshot from the City’s financial presentation from Monday’s Work session. The City must still issue $240M in debt from the 2019 Public Safety Bond and $220M from…

El Paso County

COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO GIVES THE “STATE OF THE COUNTY” BEFORE A PAYING AUDIENCE

November 6, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

The El Paso Chamber hosted the event, with seats starting at $150/person. We’re sorry we missed it, but we love the photo from the Oligarchy Gazette (aka El Paso Inc).…

City of El Paso

CITY COMMITS TO RESTORATION OF ABRAHAM CHAVEZ THEATRE

November 6, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

We feared that the City’s proposal to expand the Convention Center includes the construction of an Arena on the site of the Abraham Chavez Theatre. The planned acquisition and demolition…

City of El Paso

10.7% VOTER TURNOUT IN EL PASO COMPARED TO 15% STATEWIDE

November 5, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Why do so few El Pasoans vote? https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/05/texans-back-tax-cuts-water-fund-find-out-which-amendments-were-passed-in-2025-election/87101923007/

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IS THERE A NEW PLAN FOR AN ARENA IN OUR DOWNTOWN?

November 2, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Based upon what we have learned so far about the City’s secretive property acquisitions and the expansion of the “Convention Center Master Plan,” we are starting to think the City…

City of El Paso

RENARD’S RECORD OF FAILURE

November 2, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Renard promised in his campaign mailers and public statements to lower our property tax, but this past August it was increased by 4.3%. Renard promised to fix our streets, but…

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NEW COUNTY CFO RAN CITY FINANCES UNDER JOYCE WILSON, HAS CONTROVERSIAL RECORD

November 1, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

Last month, Chief Administrator Betsy Keller appointed Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria as Director of Budget and Finance of El Paso County. There was no discussion of the hire by the County Commissioners…

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CITY PURCHASING THREE UNION PLAZA PROPERTIES FOR $3.2M TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER, WILL PAY 362% OF APPRAISED VALUE

October 29, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

We previously reported that the City is planning to expand the Convention Center south of San Antonio Avenue and into the Union Plaza neighborhood. The City has been aggressively purchasing…

City of El Paso Deck Plaza News

KVIA INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR AIRED ON ABC-7 XTRA, ANOTHER TAX INCREASE PLANNED FOR FY 2027

September 2, 2025 Chief Instigator No Comments

On August 22, Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first-ever journalistic interview Mayor Renard Johnson, who has a long history of evading…

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