CITY REP. HERNANDEZ BRAGS ABOUT HER FISCAL DISCIPLINE 😂
Two days ago, Cassandra Hernandez posted the attached image to her Instagram bragging about her fiscal discipline because of her vote Monday to not raise our City property tax. (Yes,…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TAX!
At today’s Special Meeting, our City Council voted unanimously to cap the City tax rate at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.832001 for each $100 of property valuation. That means that…
THREE CITY REPS. AND MAYOR REFUSE TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX
Our City Council and staff are in budgetary discussions in preparation for the vote next month to set the City property tax rate. Our property tax has increased every year…
THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT ON CITY COUNCIL TO PREVENT A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE!
Yesterday we reported that Rep. Kennedy, Rep. Molinar, Rep. Fierro, and Mayor Leeser each made an iron-clad commitment to vote against any City budget that would increase our property tax.…
CITY’S NON-VOTER APPROVED DEBT OBLIGATIONS NOW STAND AT $852 MILLION
The City’s latest debt figures are available on page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, posted to the webpage of the Office of Budget & Management. There you will…
CITY LIES TO KVIA ABOUT PROPERTY TAX
In his report last night, Erik Elken discussed how inflation, lack of supply, and our rising property tax are making homes in El Paso less affordable. He asked the City…
EL PASO APARTMENT RENTAL RATES ROSE 24% SINCE JANUARY 2021
Many El Pasoans do not understand that increasing our property tax burden causes an increase in rental rates for apartment units because property owners pass along their rising business cost…
EL PASO PROPERTY TAX WILL RISE SHARPLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR
Yesterday the voters of El Paso approved all three propositions of the Community Progress Bond for a total of $272,480,000 in new borrowing. In addition, there are hundreds of millions…
CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX 8 YEARS IN A ROW
The chart attached to this email is especially for you, so that you have accurate information when you report on City tax rates. I plot all the adopted tax rates…
YES, CLAUDIA RODRIGUEZ RAISED OUR PROPERTY TAX!
Of all the candidates who received megabucks from the Oligarchs on the West Side, incumbent Claudia Rodriguez of District 6 stands out for her mendacious claim: “Claudia has never voted…