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…
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…