PROPERTY TAX INCREASES: THE HYPOCRISY OF CITY COUNCIL
Last month our City Council voted unanimously to order City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to craft a plan to decrease the City property tax rate, which has risen 38% since Gonzalez…
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION: SVARZBEIN, HERNANDEZ AND RIVERA ENTER THE HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB!
With Tuesday’s 6-2 vote to publish the City’s intention to issue another $96 million in certificates of obligation without voter approval, Reps. Svarzbein, Hernandez, and Rivera have achieved the impossible.…
HENRY RIVERA RECEIVES $2,500 CAMPAIGN DONATION FROM THE HUNTS
Dear Media and Friends, The agenda for the next City Council meeting was just released to the public. Item 12.2 announces that City Rep. Henry Rivera of District 7 received…
AARON MONTES TAKES CITY TO TASK OVER TRANSPARENCY, CITY MANAGER CALLS HIM A LIAR, MAYOR IMPUGNS HIM
Dear Media and Friends, Yesterday, City Rep. Henry Rivera of District 7, who was recently under fire for calling Sito Negron a “f–king idiot” during public comment, sponsored agenda item…
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR-ELECT DORA OAXACA ALLIED WITH CONTROVERSIAL BLOGGER
Dear Friends, Just last week, elections were held for positions within the Texas Democratic Party. Among the candidates was the controversial operative/blogger Jaime Abeytia, whose criminal record, racist rants against…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY REP. RIVERA CLAIMS HE DID NOT CALL SITO NEGRON A “F—ING IDIOT”
Dear Friends, Molly Smith of the El Paso Times has been in El Paso only 11 months and has already distinguished herself as a solid investigative journalist. Today she published…
CITY REP. HENRY RIVERA CALLS SENATOR SPOKESMAN A “F—ING IDIOT” DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
Dear Media, And here is the rest of the story (see my earlier email below). Again, when agenda 11.1 was finally brought up for public comment (after the vote!), Sito…