KVIA SCIENTIFIC POLL: ONLY 26% OF EL PASOANS WANT AN ARENA IN DURANGUITO
It is has been ten years since the Quality of Life Bond election of November 6, 2012 and the City of El Paso still brags that 71.67% of El Pasoans…
SEVERAL CANDIDATES FAIL TO SIGN “CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES”
Three of the four Oligarchy candidates for City office–Isabel Salcido, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez and Bettina Olivares–chose not to sign the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. Although not legally required, most…
BEST CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICE
Four of the eight City Council seats are up for grabs on November 8 and there has never been more at stake. After thoroughly vetting the candidates and discussing with…
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…
WHY DID REPS SALCIDO AND RODRIGUEZ VOTE AGAINST THE CITY BUDGET?
Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters published an extraordinary report titled “City representatives up for reelection switch votes on budget, tax rate.” In it she analyzes why City Reps.…
CITY VOTES TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX
As if our property tax were not high enough already, yesterday our City Council voted 6-2, under agenda item 7, to raise our City property tax by about $83 for…
LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS MEDIA FAIL TO REPORT TAX INCREASE IN EL PASO
All six of our local television news outlets reported that the City is lowering our tax rate by 4.49 cents without informing their viewers that the 13.3% increase in property…
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES: THE HYPOCRISY OF CITY COUNCIL
Last month our City Council voted unanimously to order City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to craft a plan to decrease the City property tax rate, which has risen 38% since Gonzalez…
MORE KAPLOWITZ: EL PASO DOWNTOWN ARENA PROJECT IS “DEAD”
Dear Friends, CITY MANAGER’S CONTRACT EXTENSION As I write to you, our City Council is in Executive Session debating whether to extend the contract of City Manager Gonzalez for another…
BREAKING NEWS: CITY VOTES TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS TO RESOLVE “ARENA” LITIGATION
Dear Media and Friends, After spending more than three hours in executive session, our City Council emerged and voted 8-0 to adopt the following two motions: Item 8 “To direct…