Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times is reporting what we reported more than one month ago, that El Paso’s Director of Economic and International Development, Elizabeth Triggs, resigned to join the…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THE EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT WILL NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 2
As you know, we believe that Judy Gutierrez was the best candidate for City District 2, but she was eliminated in the December 9 election since she won only 24.29% of the vote, compared…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – VERONICA CARBAJAL CLAIMS SHE “INFLUENCED” CITY COUNCIL TO FIRE CITY MANAGER TOMMY GONZALEZ
We invite you to read the excellent commentary by Christopher Hernandez: Guest Editorial: Let’s Get Something Straight About Veronica Carbajal Carbajal faces fellow progressive Joshua Acevedo in the runoff election for City…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THERESA CABALLERO WRITES TO THE EL PASO TIMES TO DEFEND MAX GROSSMAN
DISAGREEMENT ON MAX GROSSMAN’S ‘GROWING INFLUENCE’ “I write in response to letter writer Miguel Garcia, who criticizes a private citizen, Max Grossman, for criticizing his government. Garcia is concerned about the ‘growing…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – 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.” The bond…
El Chuqueño Blog – Proposition C
From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate Action Plan during their meeting on Wednesday. The Climate Action Plan would…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – “THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR”
We warned you about it last week. Today our City Council, under agenda item 18, voted to sign a four-year contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Chicago, paying them $1,239,235 to draft a…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – INTRODUCING OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES: CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UMC, AND EPCC
These are the five entities that together comprise our property tax bill and greedily consume our property tax dollars. All five eat from the same trough and each tries to snatch more…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Night Editor”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – TWO BILLBOARDS APPEAR ON INTERSTATE 10 INVITING IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO
Recently two billboards were placed along Interstate 10 in central El Paso identifying New York and San Francisco as sanctuary cities and inviting immigrants to go there. The billboards were paid for…