CITY OF EL PASO POPULATION IS STAGNANT. IT’S THE TAXES!
The 2020 US Census has revealed that the population of Texas increased 15.9% between 2010 and 2020, by a total of 3,999,944 people, while the population of the City of…
The 2020 US Census has revealed that the population of Texas increased 15.9% between 2010 and 2020, by a total of 3,999,944 people, while the population of the City of…
David Crowder of the El Paso Inc published a report in which he analyzed a PowerPoint presented by City CFO Robert Cortinas–yes, the same CFO who recently told me that…
In preparation for confiscating even more of our wealth, our City Council heard a presentation yesterday from CFO Robert Cortinas in which he affirmed that in FY 2022 the total…
Dear Friends, I don’t know Ms. Susan Butkiewicz of East El Paso, but the sentiments she expressed in her recent letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times are…
Dear Media, The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence have just come out with their annual report comparing the property tax rates of American cities.…
*NOTE: This post is flawed because we only discuss tax rates without indicating whether they are above or below the no-new-revenue-tax rates. When City Manager Gonzalez assumed office on June…
*NOTE: This report is flawed because we do not where the tax rate stands in relation to the no-new-revenue tax rate. Tommy Gonzalez was appointed City Manager on June 23,…
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” –Plato, The Republic, circa 375 BC. Friends, El Paso is now at a…
Dear Friends and Media, On May 27, the Dallas City Council voted 11-3 with one abstention to reject allowing the Dallas County Tax Office to calculate a property tax increase…
*NOTE: THIS REPORT IS FLAWED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE. TAX RATE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF TAX BURDEN. Dear Media and Friends,…