Subscribe now Jesse Franzblau speaking at a December 2024 press conference on Capitol Hill led by Illinois congresswoman Delia Ramirez. (Photo courtesy of NIJC.) Share Jesse Franzblau is a senior policy analyst…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!
[[{“value”:” The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just adopted…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-1 TO NOT APPOINT AN INTERIM CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR
[[{“value”:” It is incredible but true. Our City currently has no Chief Internal Auditor now that Edmundo Calderon has retired. The failure to replace him with an Interim Chief Internal Auditor means there is…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 8
Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into the Weekly Roundup live video. Apologies for any technical guffaws at the beginning. We’re still learning, but hopefully getting…
The Border Chronicle – The Mexicali Experimental Project: A Contemplative, Human-Scale Approach to Housing on the Border
Subscribe now The Mexicali Experimental Project exhibition at the UABC Institute for Cultural Research Museum in Mexicali. (Photo credit: Teresa Rodríguez Ruiz Esparza) Share West of Mexicali’s city center, on an ordinary…
The Border Chronicle – ‘They Want to Have a Police State’: Trump’s Rio Grande Military Zone
Subscribe now Supplemental aircrew member Aaron Leblanc, with U.S. Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reports his observations of the Rio Grande during a joint aerial patrol of the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 4.3%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
[[{“value”:” Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation. The…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 1
Thank you for joining us in the dog days of summer! Sorry about the last minute reschedule on our live video this morning. We had a changing of the co-host. And Caroline…
The Border Chronicle – What Does Security Really Mean? Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller Analyze the First Seven Months of Trump
Subscribe now Entrance to the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as U.S. authorities deport dozens of migrants on February 2. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Share…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE ALEX CUELLAR TELLS KVIA “WE’RE NOT GONNA RAID THE FUND BALANCE” THEN VOTES TO DO SO 20 DAYS LATER!
[[{“value”:” Once in awhile we catch an El Paso politician in an outright lie. EPISD Trustee Alex Cuellar told Mark Ross of ABC-7 XTRA that his Board would not raid the fund…