CITY CANCELS PLAN TO REVISE FUND BALANCE POLICY
This past Friday we reported that the City planned to revise the policy governing the unrestricted fund balance, sometimes known as the rainy day fund, which currently stands at a…
CITY COUNCIL MAY RAID THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE DECK PLAZA!
On April 15, Karina Brasgalla from Economic and International Development made a presentation to City Council recommending a contribution of $35 million toward the construction of a Deck Plaza over…
CITIZENS OF EL PASO MUST UNITE TO STOP THE DECK PLAZA: SAM ARMIJO TO THE EL PASO TIMES
Sam Armijo, Guest Columnist, May 28, 2025, 10:57 a.m. “During the November 2024 General Election campaign, the highest priority problem addressed by all candidates was the crushing EI Paso property…
DECK PLAZA IS PROJECTED TO COST $412 MILLION, DOUBLE WHAT CITY CLAIMS
In November 2022, City Council voted to hire Stantec Consulting Services at a cost of $1,321,785 to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a downtown deck plaza over…
MAYOR JOHNSON STACKS TIRZ 5 BOARD WITH DECK PLAZA SUPPORTERS
Tomorrow our City Council will vote under agenda items 6 and 7 to reappoint Deborah A. Zuloaga and Arlene Carroll to the Board of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 5 and,…
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…
THE DECK PLAZA WILL COST MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US
Every time the City of El Paso manages a large capital improvement project, it ends up costing between double and triple its projected cost, and the taxpayers always lose. On…
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…
NATIONAL REPORT ON “HIGHWAY BOONDOGGLES” INCLUDES PLAN TO WIDEN INTERSTATE 10 IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO
Each year for the last eight years, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund and the Frontier Group collaborate on a publication called Highway Boondoggles. The Fall 2023…
WILL THE CITY’S PLAN FOR A DECK PLAZA OVER THE DOWNTOWN STRETCH OF I-10 RAISE OUR TAXES?
The Oligarchs of El Paso are very excited about the controversial $750,000,000 project to expand the width of Interstate 10 through downtown El Paso. They imagine the construction of a…