CITY CFO PROJECTS $205 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFICITS FOR FY 2027-2031
Robert Cortinas is the CFO of the City of El Paso and at the Council Work session this coming Monday he will report his budget projections for FY 2027-2031. Based…
CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE MOVES FROM ANSON MILLS BUILDING TO SECURE LOCATION
For years the City’s Office of Economic and International Development rented space in Paul Foster’s Anson Mills Building, incestuously close to the headquarters of the Borderplex Alliance, located just upstairs.…
10.7% VOTER TURNOUT IN EL PASO COMPARED TO 15% STATEWIDE
Why do so few El Pasoans vote? https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/05/texans-back-tax-cuts-water-fund-find-out-which-amendments-were-passed-in-2025-election/87101923007/
CITY CONTINUES TO LIE ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAX
The City of El Paso continues to promote the narrative that City Council voted for a lower property “tax rate” in August when in fact they voted for a significant…
CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!
The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just…
CITY AUDITOR CALDERON TO RETIRE
Edmundo Calderon has served as Chief Internal Auditor of the City of El Paso for more than 20 years and in that time has not only worked hard to keep…
CITY IS SHORT-CHANGING RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS
The City’s Strategic Communications Director, Laura Cruz-Acosta, has a long record of stonewalling the media and sharing deceptive or false information. Ask any local journalist assigned to City business. She…
CITY BUDGET FOR FY 2026 INCLUDES 6.5% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE!
City Manager Dionne Mack and CFO Robert Cortinas presented their preliminary budget for FY 2026 and it comes with a 6.5% property tax increase. That works out to $1,701 for…
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…