[[{“value”:” Renard Johnson, the Oligarchy candidate for Mayor whose brother and former business partner was indicted for a $3 million Ponzi scheme, appointed the daughter of County Judge Ricardo Samaniego as his…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY POISED TO SUPPORT $1.6 BILLION IN NEW DEBT SERVICING, EXPLODING OUR PROPERTY TAX
[[{“value”:” Two days ago we reported that the County will soon vote on whether to issue $188 million in certificates of obligation without voter approval and place a $294 million general obligation…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THE COUNTY’S $482 MILLION SPENDING BINGE
[[{“value”:” During a Special Meeting of the County Commissioners Court on July 9, Jose Landeros, Director of Strategic Development, presented the recommendations of the Bond Advisory Committee for future debt issuances. The…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – TRACEY JEROME IS NOW SOMEONE ELSE’S PROBLEM
[[{“value”:” One of the happiest emails we received in recent months is the one attached below, confirming that Tracey Jerome, one of Tommy Gonzalez’s most notorious sycophants, is no longer a Deputy…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL TO LET VOTERS DECIDE IF THEY STILL WANT A DOWNTOWN ARENA
[[{“value”:” Yesterday the City voted 5-3 to let the voters decide in the November 5 General Election whether to kill the City’s ill-fated project to build an arena in downtown El Paso….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MORE THAN $47,000 IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS MISSING FROM CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT
[[{“value”:” It is campaign season and the candidates were required to submit their July 15 finance reports by yesterday, covering the period from January 1 through June 30. City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez,…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THREE CITY REPS PUT UP ITEM EMPOWERING VOTERS TO SINK THE ARENA
[[{“value”:” At tomorrow’s Regular City Council Meeting, Representatives Kennedy, Fierro, and Canales are co-sponsoring item 30, which could sink the ill-fated arena project once and for all. The item calls for “Discussion…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY CFO ROBERT CORTINAS IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR CITY MANAGER
[[{“value”:” We just learned that from a pool of 80 candidates for the position of City Manager, the Mayor and City Representatives have narrowed their search to four finalists, all of them…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KENNEDY RUNNING FOR MAYOR!
[[{“value”:” City Rep. Brian Kennedy of District 1 has just announced that he is running for Mayor of El Paso and that Commissioner Iliana Holguin of Precinct 3, the most fiscally responsible…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JOYCE WILSON UNHINGED
[[{“value”:” We previously reported how former City Manager Joyce Wilson, who launched our City into a 19-year spending binge, lashed out against the current City Council for refusing to fund a half-billion-dollar…