GONZALEZ IS MIDLAND CITY MANAGER BUT CONSULTS FOR TWO OTHER TEXAS CITIES
Less than five months after he was fired by our City Council and paid nearly $890,000 in severance, Tommy Gonzalez was hired July 11, 2023 as City Manager of Midland…
LIST OF 96 RECIPIENTS OF CAR ALLOWANCE CITED IN CITY AUDIT
The City’s current Vehicle Allowance Program Policy was implemented under City Manager Tommy Gonzalez on August 31, 2015 and has never been updated. Chief City Auditor Edmundo Calderon published his…
ABBOT APPOINTS TOMMY GONZALEZ TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Three days ago, Governor Greg Abbott announced that he appointed former El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Our City…
VERONICA CARBAJAL CLAIMS SHE “INFLUENCED” CITY COUNCIL TO FIRE CITY MANAGER TOMMY GONZALEZ
We invite you to read the excellent commentary by Christopher Hernandez: Carbajal faces fellow progressive Joshua Acevedo in the runoff election for City District 2. Early voting began on January…
HOW WAS NICOLE FERRINI CROWNED “CLIMATE OFFICER” OF THE CITY OF EL PASO?
On November 8, 2022, Proposition C passed with only 50.63% voter support, mandating “the issuance of $5,200,000 General Obligation Bonds for renewable energy and resource use efficiency improvements and planning.”…
CITY AUDITOR CALDERON FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF EL PASO, TOMMY GONZALEZ, CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ, KARLA NIEMAN AND THREE OTHERS
City Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the City of El Paso and named six individuals as defendants: Former City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, City Attorney Karla Nieman, Assistant…
CITY TO REVISE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, REMOVING FINAL OBSTACLE TO ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO
Item 32 of the City Council Agenda for October 24 deletes Section 20.20.080.A.1 of the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance, which purports to regulate properties that are on the National Register…
TOMMY GONZALEZ WAS EMPLOYED BY CITIES OF EL PASO AND DURANGO SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Last night at 9:34pm, City Reps. Kennedy, Annello, Molinar and Fierro—who all happen to serve on the Financial Oversight and Audit Committee—received a mysterious email from John Simpson, a resident…
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL VOTES 7-0 TO HIRE TOMMY GONZALEZ AS THEIR NEXT CITY MANAGER!
Yesterday Stewart Doreen of the Midland Reporter-Telegram reported that the Midland City Council voted 7-0 to hire Tommy Gonzalez as their next City Manager, beginning July 31. According to Doreen,…
THREE CITY REPS. AND MAYOR REFUSE TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX
Our City Council and staff are in budgetary discussions in preparation for the vote next month to set the City property tax rate. Our property tax has increased every year…