IS THE PROPOSED CITY TAX INCREASE 7.5% OR 11.0%?
Confusingly, there are two sets of figures presented in the backup to items 27-29 on the City Council Agenda for Tuesday, August 18. City staff is recommending adopting the voter-approval…
MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FOR FY 2027
This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence…
CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031
Robert Cortinas is the CFO of the City of El Paso and at the Council Work session this coming Monday he will report his budget projections for FY 2027-2031. Based…
CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 5.2%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation.…
CITY IS MISLEADING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ITS 6.5% TAX INCREASE
They are trying to fool us again. The City issued a press release July 3 claiming the preliminary budget for FY 2026 maintains “a structurally balanced approach with no increase…
CITY IS ON RIGHT COURSE, BUT COUNTY SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL: MAX GROSSMAN
Max Grossman: Guest columnist, Published 7:01 a.m. MT Aug. 15, 2024 Our city and county have adopted opposite approaches to borrowing and taxation. While the mayor and majority of City…
CITY COMMITS TO NO TAX INCREASE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW!
Thanks to the financial acumen and wizardry of CFO Robert Cortinas and Interim City Manager Cary Westin, yesterday our City Council was presented with a budget for FY 2024-25 that…
LIBERTARIANS ADDRESS THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Today Max Grossman, Chief Instigator of the El Paso Taxpayer Revolt, and Ryan Woodcraft, Libertarian candidate for County Precinct 1, addressed the El Paso County Commissioners Court to respond to…
EPCC BUDGET AND SALARIES
El Paso Community College (EPCC) is one of the five local entities that tax our properties. It was established by the voters of El Paso County in 1969. The Texas…
NUMBER OF EPISD FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DROPS 14% SINCE 2014
Thanks to new data we acquired through an open records request, we can now report that the number of full-time EPISD employees decreased from 8,402 in 2014 to 7,229 this…