2012 QUALITY OF LIFE BOND $63,607,763 OVERBUDGET
Yesterday we attended the meeting of the the Bond Overview Advisory Committee, at which City staff presented a chart detailing the expenditures from the Quality of Life Bond, which was…
PROPOSAL TO BUILD THE ARENA AT ASARCO
Yesterday we reported that Betsy Keller, the County Administrator, suggested to the Commissioners Court that they should consider contributing to the cost of building the City’s planned arena. This made…
CITY’S “CLIMATE ACTION MASTER PLAN” TO RECEIVE AT LEAST $1,000,000 PER YEAR FROM THE GENERAL FUND
The voters of El Paso approved Proposition C on November 8, 2022, issuing $5.2 million in general obligation bonds “for renewable energy and resource use efficiency improvements and planning.” Last…
ELIZABETH TRIGGS FLEES TO TOMMY
Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times is reporting what we reported more than one month ago, that El Paso’s Director of Economic and International Development, Elizabeth Triggs, resigned to…
CITY TO SPEND $1,239,235 ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
On November 8, 2022, El Pasoans voted to pass all three propositions of the City’s “Community Progress Bond,” costing a total of $272,480,000. Proposition C mandates “The issuance of $5,200,000…
ARE TRACEY JEROME AND ELIZABETH TRIGGS JUMPING SHIP?
Tracey Jerome was one of several medium-level City employees who climbed to the top during the reign of City Manager Gonzalez, who selected most of his immediate subordinates for their…
SALARIES OF COUNTY VS. CITY LEADERS FY 2007-2024
We recently submitted a round of public records requests asking for salary information on both County and City leaders from FY 2007 through the present. The result is the attached…
SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES, OCT 2023
We filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained a complete list of the 6,028 employees of the City of El Paso, their titles, and their salaries. Of these,…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ACCEPT LEGAL AGREEMENT TO END ARENA LITIGATION!
I am pleased to report that after today’s three-hour executive session, the City Council voted 6-0 to authorize City Attorney Karla Nieman to accept a proposed Rule 11 Agreement between…
MAX GROSSMAN V. CITY OF EL PASO ON MONDAY’S AGENDA
Good afternoon, Executive Session item 3 on Monday, August 14 is titled “Max Grossman v. City of El Paso; Texas Supreme Court, Case No. 21-1105. Matter No. 17-1001-171.001 (551.071).” Two…