OLIGARCHY CANDIDATES ON THE ISSUES
The attached chart indicates where the leading Oligarchy candidates for City Council stand on six key issues. Isabel Salcido of District 5 has a perfect record of catering to her…
The attached chart indicates where the leading Oligarchy candidates for City Council stand on six key issues. Isabel Salcido of District 5 has a perfect record of catering to her…
These candidates for City Council have received the following amounts from the Hunts, Margos and/or Foster in 2022: Claudia Lizette Rodriguez (D6) $14,500 Analisa Cordova Silverstein (D1) $13,000 Isabel Salcido (D5)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…