DISTRICT 2 RUN-OFF ELECTION ATTRACTS NEW VOTERS
As we reported in November, the special election to replace Rep. Alexsandra Annello on City Council will cost up to $600,000, and this was just corroborated by Adam Powell of…
CASSANDRA RECEIVES $1,500 CAMPAIGN DONATION FROM POLICE UNION
Agenda item 13 of the next City Council meeting reveals that embattled City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 has received a donation of $1,500 from the El Paso Municipal…
COMSCORE RATINGS FOR LOCAL TELEVISION NEWSCASTS
The General Manager of KVIA was kind enough to provide us with the Comscore adult audience figures for the newscasts of six local television stations for the period between October…
STOUT AND CANALES SIGN LETTER TO BIDEN DEMANDING GAZA CEASEFIRE
El Paso County Commissioner David Stout of Precinct 2 and City Council Representative Chris Canales of District 8 signed a letter to President Biden, dated January 9, calling for a…
CITY CLIMATE CZAR NICOLE FERRINI TO BE HOSTED BY CITY REP. CHRIS CANALES TOMORROW AT 5:30PM
We have reported extensively about how City Manager Tommy Gonzalez created the Office of Climate & Sustainability just before he was fired, appointing Nicole Ferrini as its head. Flush with…
PROPOSAL TO BUILD THE ARENA AT ASARCO
Yesterday we reported that Betsy Keller, the County Administrator, suggested to the Commissioners Court that they should consider contributing to the cost of building the City’s planned arena. This made…
COUNTY MAY HELP PAY FOR CITY’S ARENA!
No, we are not joking. Earlier today we reported that the El Paso County Commissioners Court is poised to approve $500 million in new spending starting in FY2025, including up…
COUNTY POISED TO APPROVE $500 MILLION IN NEW DEBT!
We warned you this was coming. Today under agenda item 13, the El Paso County Commissioners Court is discussing its FY2024 Multiyear Capital Plan, which includes $500 million in new…
CITY’S “CLIMATE ACTION MASTER PLAN” TO RECEIVE AT LEAST $1,000,000 PER YEAR FROM THE GENERAL FUND
The voters of El Paso approved Proposition C on November 8, 2022, issuing $5.2 million in general obligation bonds “for renewable energy and resource use efficiency improvements and planning.” Last…
ELIZABETH TRIGGS FLEES TO TOMMY
Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times is reporting what we reported more than one month ago, that El Paso’s Director of Economic and International Development, Elizabeth Triggs, resigned to…