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…
JOE PICKETT’S STREETCAR
Joe Pickett’s PCC streetcar no. 1510 has more ridership than the City’s trolleys! I mean, there were three of us inside his streetcar this afternoon, which is more than you…
PLAN TO CONVERT SUNSET HEIGHTS MANSION INTO A B&B IS DEAD
In August I reported that the Trost-designed Mathias Mansion, erected in 1912 at 607 W. Yandell, was going to be converted by a local investor into a B & B,…
UMC WANTS TO ISSUE UP TO $400 MILLION IN NEW DEBT: KVIA REPORT
KVIA ABC-7 published an exceptional report last night clearly explaining why the handling of the proposed UMC debt issuance of up to $400M without voter approval is so problematic: 1.…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CO (PART 2)
Only two days will have elapsed from yesterday’s vote of the Board of Managers of UMC to issue $400M in new debt without voter approval and tomorrow’s vote of the…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION UNDER THE RADAR!
Martin Paredes of El Paso News has obtained a recording of yesterday’s meeting of the University Medical Center Board of Managers from an anonymous source. The recording reveals that the…