SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES, OCT 2023
We filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained a complete list of the 6,028 employees of the City of El Paso, their titles, and their salaries. Of these,…
DISTRICT 3 POLL RESULTS!
WHO WOULD YOU SUPPORT FOR MAYOR OF EL PASO? 0% Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 0% Kim Jong-un of North Korea 91% A can of orange soda 9% None of…
ARE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES (TIRZs) GOOD OR BAD?
WHAT IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE? The Tax Increment Financing Act is in Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code. According to the Texas Comptroller, tax increment financing is…
TEXAS SEN. CHARLES SCHWERTNER ARRESTED FOR DWI WITH TEXAS REP. CLAUDIA ORDAZ SEATED BESIDE HIM
On February 7, 2023 at about 12:45 AM, Texas Sen. Charles Schwertner of District 5 (R-Georgetown) was arrested in Austin for a DWI. At the time of his arrest, the…
SAUCEDO LAWSUIT AGAINST EL PASO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REACHES THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
On September 3, 2019, David Saucedo II and his wife Mariana lost their three-year-old daughter Ivanna at El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) while she was under the care of Dr.…
EL PASO HAS THE 3RD HIGHEST TAX RATE AMONG THE 50 LARGEST CITIES
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just published their 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study for Taxes Paid in 2022. The study found that among…
PRESERVATION TEXAS OPENING WEST TEXAS OFFICE IN JANUARY, SEEKING PROGRAM OFFICER
I am pleased to announce that Preservation Texas, the only member-supported statewide historic preservation organization in Texas, is opening a regional West Texas office in El Paso in January 2024.…
JORDAN’S APPEAL OF COMPLAINT AGAINST WILLIAMS REJECTED BY NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT
On August 3, Jeremy Jordan filed a complaint with the State Bar of New Mexico against attorney Antonio Williams, the Chair of the City Ethics Review Commission that investigated and…
CITY COUNCIL “ACCEPTS” PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF CITY REP. HENRY RIVERA
Today under agenda item EX1 our City Council discussed a “Complaint against elected official” with Frank Garza, the City’s outside counsel. One must assume, given the rumors flying around everywhere,…
RUBÉN OLAGUE FIRED FROM KTSM AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT SEX OFFENDER
https://elpasonews.org/2023/09/26/el-paso-ktsm-fires-whistleblower-and-puts-roxy-van-ruiten-on-notice-for-reporting-child-pornographer/?fbclid=IwAR1C9aNT6ck6ei2nA-CpYVgtoTw2pcgv0p6BMdGKmeBGevHJ4EUOPMuDeOQ