SAMANIEGO TO BE HOSTED BY EL PASO ELITES FOR FUNDRAISER
When County Judge Ricardo Samaniego assumed office on January 1, 2019, he seemed determined to restrain spending and stand with the taxpayers. After all, he was a businessman who knew…
CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR ESCOBAR AND JOHNSON JOINS EFFORT TO RE-ELECT SAMANIEGO
Veronica Escobar’s campaign manager, Lauren Zimmerman, not only managed the campaign of Renard Johnson, but she has now joined the team to re-elect County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. Martin Paredes of…
SAMANIEGO ASKS PERMISSION TO RECEIVE PRIVATE FUNDS FOR TRAVEL TO TAIWAN
Yesterday the El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 in support item 13A, “to allow the County Judge to accept any donations for the purpose of travel to Taiwan to…
THE PERFECT STORM: SAMANIEGO AND JOHNSON
County Judge Ricardo Samaniego ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and assumed office January 1, 2019. Since that time, he voted to increase his salary to $152,700 and to…
EL PASO COUNTY IS A FINANCIAL GODZILLA!
The El Paso County Commissioners Court is planning to authorize a total of $894 million worth of bonds by the end of this year, which will explode our property tax.…
GROSSMAN ADDRESSES EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ABOUT PROPOSED $173.8M CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
Yesterday our Chief Instigator, returning from work in Italy, called the El Paso County Commissioners Court from Newark Liberty International Airport to comment on agenda item 9A, which was a…
SAMANIEGO AND THREE COMMISSIONERS GO TO THE DARK SIDE
County Judge Ricardo Samaniego originally ran for office on a platform of fiscal discipline but turned out to be just another tax-and-spend progressive. He voted to raise his own salary…
SAMANIEGO ENDORSES JOHNSON FOR MAYOR
Renard Johnson, the Oligarchy candidate for Mayor whose brother and former business partner was indicted for a $3 million Ponzi scheme, appointed the daughter of County Judge Ricardo Samaniego as…
LESLEY ENGLE OF ABC-7 TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT: STOP RESTRICTING THE MEDIA!
On February 2 we reported that the Commissioners Court adopted a new policy preventing the media from interviewing department heads, severely restricting their ability to learn what is happening within…
COUNTY LIMITS MEDIA ACCESS TO STAFF, TRIGGERS KFOX14 REPORT
Jennifer Cuevas of KFOX14 reported that she was prevented from interviewing a County attorney. She quickly learned that the media may no longer contact staff about items which the Commissioners…