CITY COUNCIL TO LET VOTERS DECIDE IF THEY STILL WANT A DOWNTOWN ARENA
Yesterday the City voted 5-3 to let the voters decide in the November 5 General Election whether to kill the City’s ill-fated project to build an arena in downtown El…
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO ON 4-3 VOTE
Today under agenda items 38 and 39, City Council voted 4-3 to provide $30.6 million in incentives to Notes Live Inc., which will construct an amphitheater on the site of…
DISTRICT 2 RUNOFF POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS
Only 5.74% of the 47,838 registered voters in District 2 bothered to vote in yesterday’s runoff election for their City representative, who will have purview over a $1.3 billion municipal…
ACEVEDO DEFEATS CARBAJAL, WILL BE SWORN IN AS NEXT D2 REP
And so ends the saga that was caused by the unnecessary resignation of Alexsandra Annello, who cost the taxpayers more than $500,000. She must feel good that her chosen successor…
BOTH D2 CANDIDATES WANT THE CITY TO SUE TEXAS OVER SB4
Regardless of what one thinks of SB4, should our City commit money and resources to litigate an issue that is not within its purview? On January 20, one of these…
DISTRICT 2 RUN-OFF ELECTION ATTRACTS NEW VOTERS
As we reported in November, the special election to replace Rep. Alexsandra Annello on City Council will cost up to $600,000, and this was just corroborated by Adam Powell of…
THE EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT WILL NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 2
As you know, we believe that Judy Gutierrez was the best candidate for City District 2, but she was eliminated in the December 9 election since she won only 24.29%…
JOSH ACEVEDO’S CAMPAIGN DONORS
Josh Acevedo worked in the office of County Commissioner David Stout of Precinct 2 before he was elected EPISD Trustee of District 3. He is now one of four candidates…
JUDY GUTIERREZ OPPOSES TAX INCREASES AND NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT, WOULD RETURN HER SALARY
City Rep. Alexsandra Annello of District 2 recently resigned her seat on City Council to run for state office, triggering a special election on December 9. Of the four candidates…
THREE EL PASO SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUE TO PREVENT RELEASE OF NEW ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS
Claudia Lorena Silva of El Paso Matters recently published a report on the dozens of Texas school districts that are suing the Commissioner of Education to prevent the release of…