CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO KILL TIRZ 10A!
It happened on D-Day and slipped past all our local media without a single report. On June 6 our City Council voted 8-0 to eliminate Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #10A…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TAX!
At today’s Special Meeting, our City Council voted unanimously to cap the City tax rate at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.832001 for each $100 of property valuation. That means that…
WILL HERNANDEZ BE RECALLED?
In order to recall Rep. Cassandra Hernandez from office, someone would first need to file a Notice of Intent with the City Clerk. At that point, the petitioner would have…
HERNANDEZ LASHES OUT
Cassandra Hernandez, City Representative of District 3, is enraged that the Ethics Review Commission unanimously voted to reprimand her for abusing her City gas card. Yesterday she issued a contemptuous…
ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO REPRIMAND REP. HERNANDEZ
After a total of more then ten hours of discussion and deliberation on Wednesday and Thursday, the City Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to present a letter of reprimand to…
MARATHON ETHICS HEARING TO CONTINUE TODAY AT 5:30PM, HERNANDEZ REMAINS DEFIANT
Yesterday the City Ethics Review Commission discussed George Zavala’s complaint against City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, who cynically denounced the “incredibly flawed administrative review” by the Chief Internal Auditor and declared…
JUDGMENT DAY: ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION TO HEAR COMPLAINT AGAINST HERNANDEZ AT 5:30 PM
George Zavala’s May 26 complaint against Rep. Cassandra Hernandez will be heard by the Ethics Review Commission today in the second-floor conference room of City Hall at 5:30pm. Zavala claims…
TERMINATED! WESTIN ENDS GAS CARD PROGRAM
Kerry Mannix of KVIA is reporting that Interim City Manager Cary Westin has unilaterally terminated the City gas card program in the wake of the scandalous abuse of this privilege…
CITY DEBT APPROACHING $3 BILLION!
According to page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, our City owes $2,257,059,064, of which $851,565,991 is principal and interest on ten certificates of obligation that were issued without…
CITY BUDGET TO INCREASE TO $1.3B FOR FY 2024, HERNANDEZ WANTS MORE DEBT
Cindy Ramirez of El Paso Matters published a substantive report on the ongoing budget talks in City Council. To summarize, Interim City Manager Cary Westin and CFO Robert Cortinas proposed…