SVARZBEIN CLAIMS TO BE “ACTING MAYOR” WHILE IN ISRAEL, SPENT $12,202 ON SEVEN TRIPS IN 2022
As we now know, former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to Tel Aviv for five days during his last month of office in order to speak on a panel at…
PETER SVARZBEIN SPENT $3,193 OF CITY FUNDS TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL HIS LAST MONTH IN OFFICE
Former City Rep. Peter Svarzbein traveled to from Boston to Tel Aviv on December 4, 2022 and then flew from Tel Aviv to El Paso on December 9, costing the…
ARENA VOTE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, JANUARY 3: SIGN UP TO SPEAK!
Tomorrow, January 3, at around 9:30am, the City Council will take up agenda items 13 and 14. Agenda item 13 would cancel the arena project in Duranguito and reallocate the…
CITY PROPAGANDA MACHINE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR
The Ministry of Truth of the City of El Paso has shifted its propaganda machine into high gear. Rep. Peter Svarzbein of District 1 posted the attached City propaganda to…
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…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-2 TO OVERRIDE MAYOR’S VETO OF $96M IN NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT
“Just like a credit card, just ’cause you have it, you don’t need to continue to continue to charge on it. Sooner or later that credit card’s gonna blow up…
COUNTY LOWERS TAX RATE TO COMPENSATE FOR INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUATIONS!
As you know, the City of El Paso has left its property tax rate unchanged for FY 2022, even as property valuations have skyrocketed, increasing the tax burden on El…
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.…
DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: COUNTY URGES MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TUESDAY
Dear Media and Friends, Here is the latest news about the County’s effort to establish a National Register historic district in downtown El Paso that would confer generous federal and…
CITY VOTES 5-3 TO ASK THC TO REMOVE “ARENA FOOTPRINT” PROPERTIES FROM THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, Today in Executive Session under item EX4, the City Council discussed the request by the Texas Historical Commission for an opinion from the City regarding the…