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…
ABC-7 XTRA: SAMANIEGO VS. CARBAJAL
In 2016 our County Commissioners earned $62,680 per year, but starting October 1, thanks to their recent vote for yet another double-digit raise, they will earn $133,500, an increase of…
COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO: REP. RODRIGUEZ IS “VERY DANGEROUS”
Yesterday at 5:30pm the El Paso County Democratic Party hosted the Chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa. There were about 50 guests at the event, including County Judge…
THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES!
Dear Friends, Yesterday, the State Board of Review of the Texas Historical Commission voted unanimously to recommend advancing our County’s nomination of Downtown El Paso to the National Register of…
COUNTY JUDGE TO TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEAVE “ARENA FOOTPRINT” PROPERTIES IN PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, Yesterday, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego sent the attached letter to the Texas Historical Commission in support of establishing a National Register historic district in Downtown El…