EL PASO PROPERTY TAX WILL RISE SHARPLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR
Yesterday the voters of El Paso approved all three propositions of the Community Progress Bond for a total of $272,480,000 in new borrowing. In addition, there are hundreds of millions…
CBS4: COUNTY DELAYS VOTE ON UMC DEBT ISSUANCE UNTIL LIBRE PETITION IS VERIFIED
Today the El Paso County Commissioners Court decided to delay the vote on whether to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $346 million to expand UMC hospital…
LIBRE CLAIMS IT HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO STOP UMC’S DEBT ISSUANCE!
At 2:15pm today, the Libre Initiative submitted to the County Clerk the signatures of about 35,000 citizens who oppose University Medical Center’s plan to issue $346 million in certificates of…
UMC BOND PRESENTATION TODAY AT 6:00PM
oday County Commissioner Iliana Holguin, who opposes the use of certificates of obligation to pay for the proposed expansion of UMC, will host a “UMC Bond Presentation” at Ysleta High…
POLITICAL HYPOCRISY: ESCOBAR ATTACKS OPPONENTS OF UMC BOND
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The El Paso Commissioners Court was poised to rubber-stamp $346 million in certificates of obligation to fund the UMC hospital expansion, but Jacob…
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED $400M CO ISSUANCE FOR UMC
The only Democratic leaders present at the 3-2 vote by the County Commissioners Court to post notice to issue up to $400M in certificates of obligation without voter authorization were…
COUNTY VOTES 3-2 TO POST NOTICE FOR $400M IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR UMC
Yesterday the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 3-2 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation in support of UMC and the Children’s Hospital, with…
ALERT!!! COUNTY TO VOTE TODAY ON POSTING NOTICE TO ISSUE UP TO $400M IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
The County Commissioners Court is poised to vote today under agenda item 8 to post notice to issue up to $400 million in certificates of obligation, which do not require…
CINTRON CLAIMS FAST-TRACKING THE $346M UMC DEBT ISSUANCE WILL SAVE UP TO $100M
Jacob Cintron, the CEO of UMC, appeared on ABC-7 XTRA this past Sunday and the video is now online. Host Stephanie Valle twice asked Cintron why the proposed $346 million…
ABC-7 XTRA TONIGHT: CINTRON TO RESPOND TO CRITICISM ON UMC’S PROPOSED $346M CO
Tonight on ABC-7 XTRA at 10:30pm, Jacob Cintron, who is the CEO of University Medical Center, will defend the vote of his Board of Managers to recommend issuance of a…