EPISD SALARIES REVEALED
If you live within the El Paso Independent School District as we do, you will notice that 44.4% of your property tax bill supports K-12 education. Since we are curious…
COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016
Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County Commissioners were paid $62,680 per year and the County Judge was paid $87,577.…
EL PASO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX RATES
The Socorro Independent School District recently posted the attached chart on their webpage showing the tax rates for the nine school districts in El Paso County. If you reside within…
GROSSMAN TO EL PASO TIMES: EL PASO CANNOT AFFORD REP. HERNANDEZ
El Paso cannot afford City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez: Max Grossman Max Grossman Guest columnistPublished 6:00 a.m. MT Aug. 17, 2023 City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ recent guest column in these pages…
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…