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…
DID A THIRD INDIVIDUAL USE HERNANDEZ’S GAS CARD?
Rep. Cassandra Hernandez purchased 35% of all gas purchased by the City Council and Mayor in 2022, and 40% of all gas purchased in the first four months of 2023.…
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL VOTES 7-0 TO HIRE TOMMY GONZALEZ AS THEIR NEXT CITY MANAGER!
Yesterday Stewart Doreen of the Midland Reporter-Telegram reported that the Midland City Council voted 7-0 to hire Tommy Gonzalez as their next City Manager, beginning July 31. According to Doreen,…
THREE CITY REPS. AND MAYOR REFUSE TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX
Our City Council and staff are in budgetary discussions in preparation for the vote next month to set the City property tax rate. Our property tax has increased every year…