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…
CITY TO AGAIN TAKE UP THE “ARENA” COST, BUT WITH A POISON PILL ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM
Dear Media and Friends, Today Rep. Isabel Salcido sent out the attached press release announcing that she is co-sponsoring an agenda item together with Reps. Hernandez and Rivera for Monday’s…
EL PASO INC: “WHAT WILL ARENA COST NOW? COUNCIL VOTES TO NOT FIND OUT”
At the last City Council meeting, Reps. Svarzbein, Hernandez, Salcido, Rivera, and Lizarraga voted to prevent the public from learning the actual cost of the multipurpose basketball arena, obviously because…
OPEN LETTER TO FIVE CITY REPS ON THE “ARENA” COST
October 29, 2021 City of El Paso 300 N. Campbell St. El Paso, TX 79901 Dear Reps. Svarzbein, Hernandez, Salcido, Rivera and Lizarraga: It is unfortunate that you voted to…
“OLIGARCHY CAUCUS” VOTES AGAINST TELLING PUBLIC HOW MUCH “ARENA” WILL COST
Today the five-member “Oligarchy Caucus” voted to delete agenda item 22, which would have directed the City Manager and staff to tell the public and media how much the “Arena”…
CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS TODAY WHETHER TO REVEAL THE ACTUAL “ARENA” COST TO THE PUBLIC: SIGN UP TO SPEAK!
Dear Friends, If you wish to speak TODAY in favor of Agenda item 22 (below), directing the City Manager and his staff to inform City Council, the public, and the…
CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS TOMORROW WHETHER TO REVEAL THE ACTUAL “ARENA” COST TO THE PUBLIC: SIGN UP TO SPEAK!
Dear Friends, If you wish to speak tomorrow in favor of Agenda item 22 (below), directing the City Manager and his staff to inform City Council, the public, and the…