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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY IS ON RIGHT COURSE, BUT COUNTY SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL: MAX GROSSMAN
[[{“value”:” Max Grossman: Guest columnist, Published 7:01 a.m. MT Aug. 15, 2024 Our city and county have adopted opposite approaches to borrowing and taxation. While the mayor and majority of City Council…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JOE PICKETT PREVAILS IN COURT, CITY FRANCHISE FEE IS AN ILLEGAL TAX!
[[{“value”:” Former State Representative Joe Pickett filed a lawsuit against the City of El Paso in October 2020 for illegally charging water customers a franchise fee that constitutes an illegal tax. The…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – LILY LIMÓN FOR CITY DISTRICT 7!
[[{“value”:” The El Paso Taxpayer Revolt is proud to endorse Lily Limón for City District 7. She is the fiscally conservative candidate for that district and has already been endorsed by Mayor…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ARENA QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE VOTERS!
[[{“value”:” The City Council just voted 5-3 to send the Arena question back to the voters, giving them the opportunity to defund the project and avoid a huge tax increase. Rep. Cassandra…
The Border Chronicle – Up Against Giants: A Q&A with Rebekah Hinojosa on Fighting for Environmental Justice in South Texas
Rebekah Hinojosa at a protest against the building of LNG terminals in her community. (Photo credit: Venisha Colon) Share The Rio Grande Valley, on the southern tip of Texas, is a fertile…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ARENA VOTE TODAY!
[[{“value”:” Today the City will vote under agenda item 48 on an ordinance placing an item on the November 5 ballot rescinding funding for a downtown arena. The item reads: “An Ordinance…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY VOTES FOR RECORD PROPERTY TAX INCREASE!
[[{“value”:” Today the County voted: 1. to place on the November ballot a $396.6 million general obligation bond for UMC. 2. to place on the November ballot a $323.8 million general obligation…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY TO VOTE TOMORROW ON AUTHORIZING $323.8M IN BOND DEBT PLUS $396.6M IN UMC BOND DEBT
[[{“value”:” Tomorrow the County Commissioners Court plans to authorize a general obligation bond in the amount of $323,796,000, which will be divided into five ballot propositions and placed before the voters on…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – BRIAN KENNEDY VS. RENARD JOHNSON
[[{“value”:” The are only two candidates for Mayor who matter: Rep. Brian Kennedy and Renard Johnson. Cassandra Hernandez, who increased our property tax six times, voted to issue hundreds of millions in…