ALERT: COUNTY TO DISCUSS FUTURE BONDING CAPACITY TOMORROW!
In October we reported that the County may hold a bond election in November 2024 and ask the voters to issue up to $350 million in general obligation bonds, and…
RYAN WOODCRAFT FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 1
El Paso County is on an unprecedented spending binge, so we desperately need a Libertarian on the County Commissioners Court to help right the ship! Ryan Woodcraft is a retired…
COUNTY MAY HOLD BOND ELECTION, COULD ISSUE UP TO $500 MILLION OF NEW DEBT BY JANUARY 2025!
On Monday, October 23 the County’s financial advisers, Brad Angst and Nancy Rocha, gave the Commissioners Court a Q3 market update under agenda item 8. Toward the end of their…
UMC WANTS TO ISSUE UP TO $400 MILLION IN NEW DEBT: KVIA REPORT
KVIA ABC-7 published an exceptional report last night clearly explaining why the handling of the proposed UMC debt issuance of up to $400M without voter approval is so problematic: 1.…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CO (PART 2)
Only two days will have elapsed from yesterday’s vote of the Board of Managers of UMC to issue $400M in new debt without voter approval and tomorrow’s vote of the…
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ATTEMPTING TO ISSUE A $400 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION UNDER THE RADAR!
Martin Paredes of El Paso News has obtained a recording of yesterday’s meeting of the University Medical Center Board of Managers from an anonymous source. The recording reveals that the…
SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: FINAL VOTE SET FOR MONDAY, COUNTY STAFF NOW SUPPORTING PLAN OF LOCAL HISTORIANS!
Dear Friends and Media, The next County Commissioners Court meeting is set for Monday at 9:30am and the agenda has been posted. Item 12 calls for discussion and action to…
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTES TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT IN A SPECIAL MEETING
Dear Friends and Media, Today the County Commissioners Court voted 3-2, again with Judge Samaniego and Commissioner Stout dissenting, to affirm last week’s decision dividing Segundo Barrio between two national…
ACTION TO FIX THE SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT SET FOR MONDAY
Friends, The County agenda for Monday includes item 6, which would allow the Commissioners Court to take action on the proposed Segundo Barrio National Historic District and fix issues that…
PETITION TO ESTABLISH SEGUNDO BARRIO HISTORIC DISTRICT WITHIN ITS CORRECT BOUNDARIES
Dear Friends, Yesterday the County voted 3-2, with Judge Samaniego and Commissioner Stout dissenting, to divide Segundo Barrio into two historic districts, with the western half of the neighborhood attached…