APARTMENT TAX VALUES UP 38%, COMMERCIAL 20%
Dear Friends, The title of this email is the title of a front-page report published by David Crowder this past weekend. According to him, “the CAD’s preliminary valuations have apartments…
CITY ENTERS 4TH YEAR OF “ARENA” LAWSUIT
Dear Friends and Media: Yesterday marked precisely three years since the City of El Paso filed its Expedited Declaratory Judgment lawsuit in the 250th Judicial District Court of Travis County,…
ALL THREE OF MARGO’S OPPONENTS ISSUE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE “ARENA” AND/OR MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Dear Media, Yesterday I contacted all three opponents of Mayor Dee Margo and asked them where they stand on the “Arena” and on tomorrow’s City Council agenda item 19.1, which…
MARKET IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CITY PENSIONS REACHES $58 MILLION IN FY 2020
Dear Friends, Tomorrow, during the Work Session under agenda item 8, City Council will be told that the market impact of COVID-19 on the pensions of approximately 4,400 plan participants…
CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE TO RISE ANOTHER 33% BY 2026!
*NOTE: THIS REPORT FOCUSES ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BUT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE Dear Friends, Since 2014, our City property tax rate has increased 38%, from…