COUNTY BUDGET DEFICIT FOR FY2025 MORE THAN DOUBLES
Harrison Parker of KFOX14 aired an outstanding report revealing that the County budget deficit for FY 2025 (ending September 30) has increased from $18-25M to $55-62M. The new figure is…
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT GOES TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE
On January 30, 2023, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 under item 8 to issue certificates of obligation in the amount of $59 million for “essential public infrastructure projects.” Only…
COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO ISSUE $54 MILLION IN CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL
Like greedy pigs at the trough, our County Commissioners Court just voted 4-1 under agenda item 9C to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $54 million. Commissioner…
COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
“I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that…
GROSSMAN TELLS COUNTY TO VOTE AGAINST ISSUING $54 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, VOTE POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK
Today the County Commissioners Court was set to vote on posting notice for a $54M certificate of obligation but then postponed the vote for one week after members of the…
GROSSMAN SPEAKS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ABOUT DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE “DEBT PLAZA”
On Monday, our own Max Grossman spoke before the El Paso County Commissioners Court about deficit spending and the “Debt Plaza” planned for the downtown tract of Interstate 10. He…
EL PASO COUNTY WILL OWN THE DECK PLAZA OVER INTERSTATE 10!
This past Monday, the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 4-1 (with Iliana Holguin dissenting) to contribute $1 million toward the design cost for building a five-block deck plaza over Interstate…
COUNTY VOTES FOR RECORD PROPERTY TAX INCREASE!
Today the County voted: 1. to place on the November ballot a $396.6 million general obligation bond for UMC. 2. to place on the November ballot a $323.8 million general…
COUNTY TO VOTE TOMORROW ON AUTHORIZING $324M IN BOND DEBT PLUS $397M IN UMC BOND DEBT
Tomorrow the County Commissioners Court plans to go on a record shopping binge by authorizing a general obligation bond in the amount of $323,796,000, which will be divided into five…
GROSSMAN ADDRESSES EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ABOUT PROPOSED $173.8M CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
Yesterday our Chief Instigator, returning from work in Italy, called the El Paso County Commissioners Court from Newark Liberty International Airport to comment on agenda item 9A, which was a…