CITY TO VOTE TO ISSUE $96 MILLION IN CO DEBT TODAY!
As you wake up to enjoy your coffee and read the paper, your City Council is preparing to convene for its regular meeting. Unbeknownst to 99.9% of El Pasoans, item…
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION: SVARZBEIN, HERNANDEZ AND RIVERA ENTER THE HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB!
With Tuesday’s 6-2 vote to publish the City’s intention to issue another $96 million in certificates of obligation without voter approval, Reps. Svarzbein, Hernandez, and Rivera have achieved the impossible.…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-2 TO ISSUE ANOTHER $96 MILLION IN DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL!
Today our City Council voted 6-2 under agenda item 3 to publicize its intent to issue another $96 million in certificates of obligation without voter approval, with Reps. Molinar and…
WHICH CITY REPS VOTED TO INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE?
*NOTE: This post is flawed because we only discuss tax rates without indicating whether they are above or below the no-new-revenue-tax rates. When City Manager Gonzalez assumed office on June…
DEBT FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION: HOW DID OUR CITY REPS VOTE?
El Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas but has the highest outstanding debt in certificates of obligation. $642,000,000 in CO debt has been authorized since 2012 without voter…
CITY HOLDS TEXAS RECORD FOR DEBT FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, AUTHORIZES $293M MORE SINCE 2019!
Dear Media, This email is just for you! One year ago I submitted to you my research on the City’s outstanding debt from certificates of obligation, which are supposed to…
DALLAS CITY COUNCIL REJECTS 8% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, BUT THEN THERE IS EL PASO…
Dear Friends and Media, On May 27, the Dallas City Council voted 11-3 with one abstention to reject allowing the Dallas County Tax Office to calculate a property tax increase…
CITY REP INCUMBENTS VOTED TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE 19.44% SINCE ASSUMING OFFICE
*NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE. TAX RATE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF TAX BURDEN. Dear Media and Friends,…
GOVERNOR ABBOT URGES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES!
Dear Friends and Media, The Governor has sent out a letter (attached) urging local governments to lower property taxes. El Paso City Council, please read every word of this! Max
CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS “CONTACT TRACING” OF EL PASOANS
Dear Friends and Media: Item 11.5 on today’s City Council Agenda reads as follows: “Discussion and action to direct the City Manager to research and allocate eligible CARES Act COVID-19…