GROSSMAN TO EL PASO TIMES: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO RESTRICT PUBLIC COMMENT
On April 29, the El Paso City Council voted 7-1 to amend the Rules of Order such that public comment on agenda items will be confined to a 60-minute period…
CITY LEASES, APRIL 2025
We wrote to the City of El Paso requesting “all current property leases for City offices, including for the Anson Mills Building.” The City replied April 28, 2025 and sent…
CITY TO FACE $29.2M IN BUDGET DEFICITS THROUGH FY 2029
City CFO Robert Cortinas made a presentation at the March 17 Work Session under item 2, indicating the City is projecting a total budget deficit of $29.2 million over the…
SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES, MAR 2025
We have attached here our latest list of the salaries of City employees. 420 are paid more than $100,000 per year plus benefits. The two highest paid employees are City…
CITY TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER INTO UNION PLAZA
Yesterday we learned that the City of El Paso is planning to expand the Convention Center across San Antonio Avenue, right up to the edge of the former Arena Footprint.…
DID NICOLE FERRINI FALSIFY HER RESUME IN HER APPLICATION FOR CITY MANAGER?
Nicole Ferrini is the Climate and Sustainability Officer of the City of El Paso and is paid $176,428, the 18th highest salary of about 6,000 employees. Until last month, she…
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…
HERNANDEZ TELLS EL PASO INC THAT GONZALEZ FIRING SPARKED DEPARTURES OF UPPER MANAGEMENT
City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, who voted to raise our property tax six times and issue more than a half-billion dollars in debt without voter authorization, and who was reprimanded for…
CITY CFO CORTINAS RECOMMENDS ISSUING NO DEBT UNTIL FY 2026
This morning, the City’s Chief Financial Officer Robert Cortinas made a budget presentation to City Council under agenda item 3 in which he recommended issuing zero debt not only this…
INTERIM CITY MANAGER CARY WESTIN WILL NOT SEEK PERMANENT POSITION
Interim City Manager Cary Westin has announced that he will not seek a permanent position. This is sad news for our community, as he has been a very effective administrator…