JUDGE HIM BY HIS FRIENDS!
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this photo from the Borderplex Alliance Christmas Party was posted by County Judge Samaniego back in December 2024. From left to right,…
LAUREN ZIMMERMAN, CAMPAIGNER FOR ESCOBAR, SAMANIEGO AND JOHNSON, HIRED BY META TO HANDLE LOCAL PR
Lauren Zimmerman is the brain behind Congresswoman Veronica Escobar’s election campaigns and she assisted the campaigns of Mayor Renard Johnson and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. She was remarkably effective at…
MAYOR BEFORE TAX VOTE: “WHATEVER WE DO, WE GOTTA GET IT FIGURED OUT”
Renard Johnson is a liar of the lowest order and deserves to be recalled from office and run out of politics. We invite you to listen to him bloviate shortly…
MAYOR ACTIVELY SUPPORTS CITY TAX INCREASE, VIOLATES CAMPAIGN PLEDGE AGAIN
Mayor Renard Johnson campaigned on lowering our City property tax but has now presided over the second increase in a row since assuming office. Just before yesterday’s final vote to…
EL PASO MATTERS DEFENDS MAYOR’S LIE ABOUT LOWERING OUR PROPERTY TAX
As every El Pasoan who is not in a coma knows, Mayor Renard Johnson promised repeatedly to lower our property tax during his election campaign. Now that outraged El Pasoans…
EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every fiscal year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher…
MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FOR FY 2027
This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO GIVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR $132 TAX INCREASE ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WORTH $232,669
Initially City staff had proposed a tax rate of $0.783 per $100 of valuation, which would have resulted in an increase of $105 for the average-valued El Paso single-family home…
MEDIA ALERT: REPORTING ON CITY TAX INCREASE
Dear News Editors and General Managers of Television News Networks, Every August our City Council votes on a budget and tax rate for the next fiscal year, and every August…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY COUNCIL POISED TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX BY $105 ON AVERAGE
The El Paso City Council is set to review tax rates and a proposed $1.4 billion budget that could raise property taxes during its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4. Mayor Renard…