EL PASO TIMES: CITY MANAGER COULD EARN $597,449 BY 2029
I am pleased to see that the El Paso Times, El Paso Matters, KVIA ABC-7 and CBS 4 have been publishing more investigative reports on the financial practices of the…
ADAIR MARGO: ARENA WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITY “FOR EL PASO AND PEOPLE THAT COME AND BUY TORTILLAS AT SACRED HEART CHURCH”
Yesterday City Architect Daniela Quesada led a public “MPC feasibility study meeting” attended by outside consultants who are tasked with figuring out how to build a Multipurpose Performing Arts and…
TODAY AT 5:30PM: “ARENA” FEASIBILITY DISCUSSION WITH CITY’S CONSULTANTS, OPEN TO PUBLIC AND MEDIA
The City issued the attached press release inviting the public to provide input to the consultants who were hired by the City for $798,000 to determine the feasibility of constructing…
CINTRON CLAIMS FAST-TRACKING THE $346M UMC DEBT ISSUANCE WILL SAVE UP TO $100M
Jacob Cintron, the CEO of UMC, appeared on ABC-7 XTRA this past Sunday and the video is now online. Host Stephanie Valle twice asked Cintron why the proposed $346 million…
DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON ELIMINATION OF THE MAYOR’S “TIE-BREAKING AND VETO CAPACITY” DELAYED
As some of you already know, City staff announced yesterday morning under agenda item 40 that discussion and action to eliminate the Mayor’s “tie-breaking and veto capacity,” which had been…
CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ELIMINATION OF THE MAYOR’S “TIE-BREAKING AND VETO CAPACITY”
On May 19, the Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee voted 4-3 to modify Article IV, Section 4.1 B of our City Charter so as to deprive the Mayor of his…
“ARENA” FEASIBILITY DISCUSSION WITH CITY’S CONSULTANTS IS THURSDAY AT 5:30PM, OPEN TO PUBLIC AND MEDIA
The City issued the attached press release on Friday inviting the public to provide input to the consultants who were hired by the City for $798,000 to determine the feasibility…
CITY TO BEGIN REINFORCING AND SECURING TWO HISTORIC DURANGUITO BUILDINGS
It has been 82 days since our City Council voted 6-1 in Executive Session to spend $28,929.27 “to address safety concerns for two structures” within the “Arena Footprint” in an…
ABC-7 XTRA TONIGHT: CINTRON TO RESPOND TO CRITICISM ON UMC’S PROPOSED $346M CO
Tonight on ABC-7 XTRA at 10:30pm, Jacob Cintron, who is the CEO of University Medical Center, will defend the vote of his Board of Managers to recommend issuance of a…
MAJOR INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX IS COMING SOON
Yesterday Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times published a report in which he calculates that the proposed UMC debt issuance, now stated to be $346 million, will add $80…