TAKE THE CITY “ARENA” SURVEY!
The City of El Paso has put out a new “Arena” survey which gauges, among other things, whether the Duranguito neighborhood should be preserved for posterity or destroyed for an…
CITY VOTES TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX
As if our property tax were not high enough already, yesterday our City Council voted 6-2, under agenda item 7, to raise our City property tax by about $83 for…
CITY PROPAGANDA MACHINE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR
The Ministry of Truth of the City of El Paso has shifted its propaganda machine into high gear. Rep. Peter Svarzbein of District 1 posted the attached City propaganda to…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY TAX RATE TO DROP BUT PROPERTY TAX BILLS TO RISE ANYWAY!
As you may have noticed, Adam Powell is the new City reporter for the El Paso Times. He replaces Anthony Jackson, who did a great job during his time in…
HYPOCRISY: THREE CITY REPS WANT TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES 😅
City Reps. Hernandez, Salcido and Rodriguez published a column in the El Paso Times in which they brag about property tax exemptions for disabled and senior citizens and then congratulate…
MEETING BETWEEN GROSSMAN, BRYAN AND THE CITY’S “ARENA” CONSULTANTS: VIDEO
On June 23 at 5:30pm, City Architect Daniela Quesada and the City’s MPC consultants met with members of the general public in the Blue Flame Building in downtown El Paso.…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX RATE DROPS TO 3RD POSITION IN 2021, COMMERCIAL RATE RISES FROM 7TH TO 3RDÂ
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just came out with their report on the tax rates of the 50 largest cities in America…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX RATE CATCHING UP WITH NUMBER-ONE DETROIT
Every year the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence co-author a “50-State Property Tax Comparison Study” examining the property tax rates for the 50…
TODAY AT 5:30PM: “ARENA” FEASIBILITY DISCUSSION WITH CITY’S CONSULTANTS, OPEN TO PUBLIC AND MEDIA
The City issued the attached press release inviting the public to provide input to the consultants who were hired by the City for $798,000 to determine the feasibility of constructing…
MAJOR INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX IS COMING SOON
Yesterday Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times published a report in which he calculates that the proposed UMC debt issuance, now stated to be $346 million, will add $80…