CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION
Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two lawsuits against the City of El Paso over of its plan to award…
COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. HERNANDEZ TO BE HEARD BY ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION JULY 19
As you know, George Zavala filed a complaint with the City’s Ethics Review Commission against Rep. Cassandra Hernandez after the Chief Internal Auditor released the results of his review of…
GONZALEZ TO RECEIVE PAYOUT OF APPROXIMATELY $890,000
“City Manager Tommy Gonzalez will get an approximately $890,000 payout as his severance package after being fired earlier this year. Gonzalez’s severance package is calculated based on his employment contract…
JORDAN FOSTER POISED TO WIN $27.6 MILLION WORTH OF CITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
On today’s City Council agenda, we see under item 29 that Jordan Foster Construction, LLC is poised to win a City contract worth $12,834,416 to rebuild Taxiway G at our…
REP. BRIAN KENNEDY: THERE IS “IRS INTEREST” IN THE CITY GAS CARD SCANDAL
With regard to the ongoing City gas card scandal, Kennedy notes that “the U.S. Internal Revenue Service quantifies any city money spent on a gas card as a business reimbursement.…
EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ
Elida S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going back to September 2019 and published a report showing that Rep. Cassandra Hernandez…
OUTSIDE COUNSEL ADVANCES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST HERNANDEZ TO ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION
Yesterday Frank Garza, Special Council to the City of El Paso, advanced George Zavala’s ethics complaint against Rep. Cassandra Hernandez to the City Ethics Review Commission. (see attached) Zavala filed…
TAXPAYER-FUNDED “BLUEBERRY MARTINI” ARTWORK BREAKS INTO PIECES
In 2006, City Council adopted ordinance 16324, establishing a Public Art Program and earmarking 2% from every Capital Improvement Project budget for the acquisition of art for municipal property. Since…
OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING EL PASO GAS CARD SCANDAL!
During yesterday’s meeting of the City’s Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC), City Attorney Karla Neiman leaked that an external law enforcement agency is investigating the City gas card scandal.…
HERNANDEZ PURCHASED 40% OF ALL GAS USED BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN 2023!
The City’s Chief Internal Auditor, Edmundo Calderon, revealed last month that in 2022 Rep. “Gassandra” Hernandez of District 3 purchased 1,944 gallons of gas at taxpayer expense at a cost…