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…
THE EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT WILL NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 2
As you know, we believe that Judy Gutierrez was the best candidate for City District 2, but she was eliminated in the December 9 election since she won only 24.29%…
VERONICA CARBAJAL CLAIMS SHE “INFLUENCED” CITY COUNCIL TO FIRE CITY MANAGER TOMMY GONZALEZ
We invite you to read the excellent commentary by Christopher Hernandez: Carbajal faces fellow progressive Joshua Acevedo in the runoff election for City District 2. Early voting began on January…
THERESA CABALLERO WRITES TO THE EL PASO TIMES TO DEFEND MAX GROSSMAN
DISAGREEMENT ON MAX GROSSMAN’S ‘GROWING INFLUENCE’ “I write in response to letter writer Miguel Garcia, who criticizes a private citizen, Max Grossman, for criticizing his government. Garcia is concerned about…
HOW WAS NICOLE FERRINI CROWNED “CLIMATE OFFICER” OF THE CITY OF EL PASO?
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 use efficiency improvements and planning.”…
“THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR”
We warned you about it last week. Today our City Council, under agenda item 18, voted to sign a four-year contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Chicago, paying them…
INTRODUCING OUR FIVE LOCAL TAXING ENTITIES: CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UMC, AND EPCC
These are the five entities that together comprise our property tax bill and greedily consume our property tax dollars. All five eat from the same trough and each tries to…