DOWNTOWN DEBT PLAZA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN
Today the Downtown Debt Plaza Foundation launched a new PR campaign called Elevate the 10. We believe “Elevate the Debt” is a more appropriate name for their project to promote…
DEBT PLAZA IS DOOMED
15,241 Republican primary voters (64.6%) cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 1: “We the Republican Voters and Taxpayers of El Paso City and County oppose the spending or commitment…
CITY VOTES 7-1 TO EARMARK $561K IN TIRZ FUNDS FOR DEBT PLAZA DESIGN, NO FINANCIAL PLAN FOR COMPLETION!
Today our City Council voted 7-1 to earmark $561,001 of the $10,561,001 cost for the design of the Debt Plaza over Interstate 10, with only Rep. Limon dissenting. The funds…
CITY TO VOTE ON SPENDING $584,321 TOWARD $10.6M COST OF DEBT PLAZA DESIGN
Will City Council fund the design phase of the Debt Plaza even though it was denied $60M in grant funding and there is no way to pay for this pig…
GROSSMAN TO KTSM: DEBT PLAZA IS IN MAJOR FINANCIAL TROUBLE
Our own Max Grossman spoke to Tirza Ortiz of KTSM today about the insolvent Debt Plaza project, which has been denied $60 million in grant funding. https://www.ktsm.com/news/el-pasos-downtown-deck-plaza-faces-funding-gaps-as-city-revisits-project
$60 MILLION IN GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEBT PLAZA REJECTED
We filed an open records request with the City of El Paso to learn about the status of eight grant applications aimed at funding the Debt Plaza over Interstate 10.…
EL PASO COUNTY GOP TAKES AIM AT DEBT PLAZA
Sam Armijo is a Republican and former candidate for City District 1. He is one of the most fiscally conservative people we know (outside the Libertarian Party). He deserves the…
LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: DEBT PLAZA WILL EASE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
The El Paso Times published an essay claiming the proposed Debt Plaza over I-10 is a “strategic investment in our physical and mental well-being” that will encourage El Pasoans to…
MORE “DEBT PLAZA” PROPAGANDA
We took the liberty of editing one of their paragraphs “Imagine a place that burdens the taxpayers even more — where downtown becomes a conglomeration of massive capital improvement projects…
EL CHUQUEÑO: DEBT PLAZA “WILDLY UNPOPULAR”
https://elchuqueno.com/cant-we-just-wait/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPz2JhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFibmFHRG5NcjZLTUlYUXd1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHg00AKp82vrtPrGy90kJcJd6LUVOxFx5Qr0Qri7ey9q0el2AFQMkmWMiCLf4_aem_FQGfrhpxm-Kv_jIZN0x5pg