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…
EL PASO TIMES: 18 QOL BOND PROJECTS ARE $58 MILLION OVER BUDGET
Dear Friends, Mónica Ortiz Uribe of the El Paso Times just published a long and interesting report on Texas’ regressive tax system, which disproportionately impacts low-income residents of our state.…
RENT FOR TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS UP 17% SINCE LAST YEAR!
Dear Friends, In the current issue of El Paso Inc, Reyes Mata shows that rent for a two-bedroom apartment in El Paso increased 16.9% for the 12 months ending in…
EL PASO INC: HIGH TAXES DRIVING EL PASOANS TO FLEE IN LARGE NUMBERS
Dear Friends, David Crowder of El Paso Inc published a bombshell report yesterday focusing on El Paso’s anemic growth with respect to the nearby towns of Dona Ana County, New…
EL PASO MATTERS REPORT: “HOMEOWNERS CONTEND WITH SHARP CLIMB IN PROPERTY TAX BILLS”
El Paso Matters has recently been investigating the critically important issues of debt and taxation. Elida S. Perez just published an excellent report titled “El Paso homeowners contend with sharp…
EL PASO TIMES DOUBLE FEATURE: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON DEFICIT SPENDING AND TAXES
Dear Friends, This past Friday, the El Paso Times published two letters to the editor under the heading “City officials forget their obligation to taxpayers.” They lament the City’s out-of-control…
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…
EL PASO TIMES: “EL PASO’S PROPERTY TAX RATE IS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION”
Mónica Ortiz Uribe of the El Paso Times just published an extraordinary report titled “El Paso’s property tax rate is among the highest in the nation. Here’s why.” This is…
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…
CITY EXPENSES TO EXCEED PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY $60 MILLION IN FY 2025
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…