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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
[[{“value”:” We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher than the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FROM FOR FY 2027
[[{“value”:” This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence by…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 7
Bulldozing has started in the iconic Big Bend National Park, and protestors try to save the last of 200-year old cottonwood trees in Arizona as the border wall advances, plus we launch…
El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso Matters to the Rescue
From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and older jumped by more than 42,000, including …
El Paso Herald Post – Cynthia Boyar Trejo Recall Organizers File Suit Against City to Force It to Accept Signatures
EL PASO, Tx., August 6, 2026: This morning, the organizers of the recall effort against city representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo held a press conference announcing that they filed a lawsuit […] The…
The Border Chronicle – Welcome to Indian Country: 250 Years of Democracy and Authoritarianism in the U.S.
Worried about the future of democracy in the United States? Look to Indigenous histories; they have much to teach us about the struggle between liberty and empire. Read more: Read More
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO FIRE DEPARTMENT REJECTS CITY’S PROPOSAL FOR $43 MILLION INCREASE
[[{“value”:” On July 15, we reported that the union representing El Paso firefighters was demanding an additional $56 million over the next four fiscal years. Adam Powell of the El Paso Times…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO GIVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR $132 TAX INCREASE ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WORTH $232,669
[[{“value”:” Initially City staff had proposed a tax rate of $0.783 per $100 of valuation, which would have resulted in an increase of $105 for the average-valued El Paso single-family home ($232,669…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?
By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the party’s U.S. Senate nominee is the buzz…