EL PASO TIMES: CITY MANAGER COULD EARN $597,449 BY 2029
I am pleased to see that the El Paso Times, El Paso Matters, KVIA ABC-7 and CBS 4 have been publishing more investigative reports on the financial practices of the…
ABC-7 XTRA VIDEO: WARDY AND MARGO ON CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ
This past Sunday Erik Elken of KVIA interviewed former mayors Joe Wardy and Dee Margo on ABC-7 Xtra at 10:30pm. Predictably, the two men expressed their eternal love for City…
MAYOR LEESER CRITICIZED THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE HE PRAISED HIM
Dear Friends and Media, In the attached campaign mailer, mayoral candidate Oscar Leeser told El Pasoans he would “reevaluate the scope and responsibilities of the City Manager.” At the time,…
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES: THE HYPOCRISY OF CITY COUNCIL
Last month our City Council voted unanimously to order City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to craft a plan to decrease the City property tax rate, which has risen 38% since Gonzalez…
CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ GRILLED BY EL PASO TAXPAYERS
On Friday morning at 7:30am, City Manager Gonzalez was hosted by City Rep. Joe Molinar of District 4 at a Denny’s in Northeast El Paso. Gonzalez, who is set to…
TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE 4.23% TO $38,742,350,037
In preparation for confiscating even more of our wealth, our City Council heard a presentation yesterday from CFO Robert Cortinas in which he affirmed that in FY 2022 the total…
EL PASO TIMES: CITY MANAGER EARNS 34% MORE THAN THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
The media have been focusing like a laser on the merit raises of City Manager Gonzalez and City Attorney Nieman. Now Anthony Jackson of the El Paso Times has published…
CITY MANAGER TO EARN SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND MAYOR APPROVES
City Manager Gonzalez will soon earn a salary of $398,401, which is slightly less than President Biden’s salary of $400,000. Gonzalez probably enjoys similar perks, less the Boeing 747 and…
AARON MONTES: CITY MANAGER’S COMPENSATION INCREASING TO $398,401 PLUS BENEFITS
Yesterday, Aaron Montes of KTSM 9 News reported that City Manager Gonzalez and City Attorney Karla Nieman, the two highest paid City employees, have earned merit raises stemming from their…
WHICH CITY REPS VOTED TO INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE?
*NOTE: This post is flawed because we only discuss tax rates without indicating whether they are above or below the no-new-revenue-tax rates. When City Manager Gonzalez assumed office on June…