MAYOR TIGHTENING CONTROL OVER TIRZ 5, REAPPOINTS ORTEGA
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) number 5 encompasses all of Downtown, the western part of the Segundo Barrio, and a portion of Central El Paso. Any incremental increase in tax…
SHOULD MAYOR JOHNSON BE THE SOLE CITY SPOKESMAN ON “HIGH-LEVEL” ISSUES?
On June 10, 2019, City Council voted to establish a Code of Conduct, confirming Mayor Dee Margo as “the designated representative of the Council to present and speak on the…
WILLIAM STAFFORD THURMOND TO MAYOR OF EL PASO
Mayor, I want to express my sincere disappointment with the direction of your administration and the lack of follow‑through on commitments made during your campaign. Many of us remember the…
MAYOR TO KTSM ON PROPERTY TAX: “WE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN THAT AREA”
Today the Mayor gave his “State of the City” speech before the political and business elite of El Paso. After thanking his political allies for about five minutes, asking them…
EL PASO CHAMBER ANNOUNCES MAYOR JOHNSON HAS “SOLD OUT”
This was posted by the El Paso Chamber earlier today. No, we did not add the “SOLD OUT” sign. That was them and we couldn’t agree more! So our sellout…
ESCOBAR’S MUPPETS
As everyone knows, Congresswoman Escobar strategically backs candidates for local office in order to reinforce her political agenda. Make no mistake about it. Mayor Johnson, City Rep. Chavez, and Sheriff…
KFOX14: MAYOR’S PROMISE TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX MORPHS INTO PROMISE TO “KEEP THE TAX BURDEN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE”
On February 15 we shared the five-year financial outlook of City CFO Robert Cortinas, who predicts a widening gap in the General Fund budget in FY 2027-2031 amounting to a…
MAYOR PROMISES TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX, BUT ONLY AFTER NEW BUSINESS COMES TO EL PASO…
At Rep. Lily Limón‘s District 7 end-of-year community forum three days ago, Mayor Renard Johnson told the crowd he would lower our property tax. This was followed by a polite…
WE ARE TIRED OF THE MAYOR’S GRATUITOUS PHOTO OPS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR HIM TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX AS HE PROMISED REPEATEDLY!
With all due respect, we don’t care how many hands Johnson shakes or how many babies he kisses. All we want is for him to lower our property tax as…
RENARD’S RECORD OF FAILURE
Renard promised in his campaign mailers and public statements to lower our property tax, but this past August it was increased by 4.3%. Renard promised to fix our streets, but…