REP. ISABEL SALCIDO HOLDS FUNDRAISER AT THE MARGOS
On September 7, Dee and Adair Margo hosted City Rep. Isabel Salcido at their Upper Valley home for a campaign fundraiser, which was apparently co-hosted by Gracie Viramontes, Creative Director…
EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEE SALARIES, SEP 2022
List of El Paso County employee salaries, dated Sep 2022.
EL PASO WATER PARKS LOST $1.3 MILLION IN 2021, TO LOSE $3.4 MILLION IN 2022
The City recently released an internal audit revealing catastrophic financial losses for our four water parks. I just submitted a guest column to El Chuqueno, which Rich Wright was kind…
BRIAN KENNEDY’S CAMPAIGN VIDEOS
I have seen many campaign videos in my time, but these two by Brian Kennedy, who is running for District 1, are absolutely lethal! Property Tax: Fact or Fiction? https://fb.watch/fHgEpnnemB/…
OUR FOUR WATER PARKS ARE A GIANT FINANCIAL BLACK HOLE!
The City’s four water parks were built at a cost of $72 million, 31% over budget, and now have an average yearly operating deficit of $2.8 million, to be covered…
DISTRICT 1 CANDIDATES FORUM: SUMMARY
Yesterday evening the Westside Democrats of El Paso hosted the seven candidates running for District 1. Below I have summarized their replies to the three most important questions: 1. Do…
TAKE THE CITY “ARENA” SURVEY!
The City of El Paso has put out a new “Arena” survey which gauges, among other things, whether the Duranguito neighborhood should be preserved for posterity or destroyed for an…
THE “ARENA” IS A FINANCIAL TRAP
Rich Wright is running for District 8 on a platform calling for cutting spending and lowering taxes. He understands that building an “Arena” would be a financial trap. See his…
DISTRICT 8 CANDIDATES FORUM, HOSTED BY THE WESTSIDE DEMOCRATS
Last Wednesday the Westside Democrats hosted the four candidates running for District 8 and asked them each the same questions. You can watch the video here. The sound is poor…
EL PASO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: SUPPORT FOR ARENA HAS “COOLED”
Sara Sanchez of El Paso Inc published a report on the City’s latest arena feasibility study for which she interviewed Cindy Ramos-Davidson, CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. According…