ON THE CITY’S FINANCES…
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” –Plato, The Republic, circa 375 BC. Friends, El Paso is now at a…
CITY WILL NOT SUPPORT NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Dear Friends and Media, At today’s City Council meeting, under agenda item 20.2, City Engineer Sam Rodriguez will make a presentation in which he will announce on slide 15 that…
CITY BREAKS TEXAS RECORD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBT FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, AUTHORIZES $200M MORE SINCE LAST YEAR!
Dear Media, This email is just for you! I have completed my research on the issuance of certificates of obligation by the City of El Paso after carefully analyzing the…
DEBBIE NATHAN DOCUMENTS WHICH EL PASO POLITICIANS ARE “TAKING COP MONEY”
Dear Friends, I was born and raised in Minneapolis and am horrified by the brutal murder of George Floyd by a police officer as other officers looked on and did…
DALLAS CITY COUNCIL REJECTS 8% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, BUT THEN THERE IS EL PASO…
Dear Friends and Media, On May 27, the Dallas City Council voted 11-3 with one abstention to reject allowing the Dallas County Tax Office to calculate a property tax increase…
CITY’S BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS NOT CONVENED SINCE JANUARY 13!
Dear Media and Friends, The City’s Bond Overview Advisory Committee (BOAC) has not convened since January 13 even though they are required to convene every two months. BOAC is a…
CITY REP INCUMBENTS VOTED TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE 19.44% SINCE ASSUMING OFFICE
*NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE. TAX RATE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF TAX BURDEN. Dear Media and Friends,…
BUDGET UPDATE FROM CITY CFO CORTINAS: MAJOR DECLINE IN REVENUES THROUGH FY 2021
Dear Media and Friends, Yesterday, under agenda item 13.1, City CFO Robert Cortinas updated the City Council and public on the budget crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. I have…
POPULATION OF EL PASO DECLINES BY 897 IN 2017-2018
Friends and Media, Rich Wright has repeatedly informed the public about El Paso’s stagnant population because our local media will not. “Between 2012 and 2017, Houston’s population grew by 156,559…
STRATEGY REVEALED: HOW TO TAKE BACK OUR CITY FROM THE OLIGARCHY!
Dear Friends, Earlier today I posted this video on El Paso Porkfest, a Facebook forum I created a couple months ago in order to promote debate and discussion of pork…