SVARZBEIN CLAIMS TO BE “ACTING MAYOR” WHILE IN ISRAEL, SPENT $12,202 ON SEVEN TRIPS IN 2022
As we now know, former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to Tel Aviv for five days during his last month of office in order to speak on a panel at…
MAX GROSSMAN: CITY BOND RATING NOT WHAT IT APPEARS
City bond rating not what it appears: Letters to the Editor El Paso Times, Published 6:00am MT May 12, 2023 “Terrell Blodget wrote to this newspaper claiming the recent bond…
PETER SVARZBEIN SPENT $3,193 OF CITY FUNDS TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL HIS LAST MONTH IN OFFICE
Former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to from Boston to Tel Aviv on December 4, 2022 and then flew from Tel Aviv to El Paso on December 9, costing the…
CITY HIRING OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE GAS CARD AND P-CARD USAGE, EXPAND AUDIT
During today’s special session, our City Council heard Chief City Auditor Edmundo Calderon present the same report he presented to FOAC one week ago, detailing the excessive gas purchases by…
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON GAS CARD SCANDAL THIS MORNING AT 10:00AM
Today at 10:00am there will be a special meeting of City Council with only a single item on the agenda: “Discussion and Action on the results of Project P2023-06 City…
EL PASO STATE HOUSE REPS VOTE TO INCREASE VEHICLE FEES TO HIGHEST IN TEXAS
On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 79, which would increase the registration fee for a standard vehicle in El Paso County from $84 to $94, making our fee…
COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ FILED WITH TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
El Paso taxpayer Tom Laign has filed a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission against City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 alleging that she advocated against a ballot initiative,…
ADAM POWELL’S REPORT ON GAS CARD SCANDAL
The measure of the character of an elected leader is how he/she behaves when no one is watching, and City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former City Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez…
CLAUDIA “FILL’ER UP” RODRIGUEZ OFFERS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR HER GAS, SORT OF…
Last Thursday the Chief City Auditor, Edmundo Calderon, presented a report to the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) in which he showed that City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former…
GASSANDRA GASOLINE GIVEAWAY!
There are certain things you just cannot make up. Rep. “Gassandra” Hernandez, who purchased 1,944 gallons of City gas in 2022 (including 23 times on consecutive days), has posted on…