EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every fiscal year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher…
MAYOR LEESER ON THE ARENA: THE VOTERS “WERE LIED TO, THEY WERE MISLED”
Now is our chance to put this nefarious boondoggle out of its misery. Vote YES on Special Election, Proposition A: “To cancel the City’s authority to issue the remaining $128,455,636…
CITY IS ON RIGHT COURSE, BUT COUNTY SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL: MAX GROSSMAN
Max Grossman: Guest columnist, Published 7:01 a.m. MT Aug. 15, 2024 Our city and county have adopted opposite approaches to borrowing and taxation. While the mayor and majority of City…
CITY COMMITS TO NO TAX INCREASE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW!
Thanks to the financial acumen and wizardry of CFO Robert Cortinas and Interim City Manager Cary Westin, yesterday our City Council was presented with a budget for FY 2024-25 that…
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…
PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BUILD 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO, ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
Under Executive Session item EX1 today, our City Council announced a public-private partnership with Notes Live, Inc., a private developer, which will build a 12,500-seat amphitheater at the former site…
MAYOR LEESER MOVES TO ELIMINATE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS!
Anyone who follows City Council meetings has suffered frustration when the Mayor and City Representatives disappear into Executive Session to discuss public business behind closed doors. Our elected City leaders…
RENARD JOHNSON IS THE NEW BETO
Renard Johnson is running for Mayor on a pro-Oligarchy platform. That means more large bond issuances for capital improvement projects and transportation infrastructure, generous incentives for large corporations, and higher…
EL PASO WATER RAISES RATES FOR NINTH YEAR IN A ROW
The Public Service Board is one of the most powerful organizations in El Paso. It has maintained direct control over our water and wastewater systems since 1952. According to their…