Category: Blogs

Here’s an great article from Diego Mendoza-Moyers at ElPasoMatters.com about the subsidies El Paso taxpayers give to local home builders. As housing developments extend further out into the desert along the periphery…

Tomorrow’s City Council Work Session incluydes executive session item 7, titled “Complaint regarding elected City Official – Matter No. HQ # 1453 (551.071)(551.074),” with outside counsel Frank Garza attending. While we cannot…

There are nine school districts in El Paso County, each with its own superintendent, board of trustees, and bloated administration. These districts consume more than 40% of our property tax yet are…

Debbie Nathan was a local hero. She’s still a hero, but she’s not local anymore. Ms. Nathan is an accomplished investigative journalist. She has written for The Intercept, Texas Monthly, New York…

Joe Molinar is definitely the most fiscally responsible leader ever to serve District 4. He has consistently voted in support of the taxpayers and against fiscal waste. He served honorably in the…

Max Grossman responds to Former City Manager Joyce Wilson: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/opinion/2024/02/23/city-committed-to-fiscal-discipline-on-arena-project-max-grossman/72672425007/   Read more: Read More 

Leila Martinez has it figured it out, according to this ElPasoTimes.com article: Upskilling. That’s what El Paso’s workforce needs to increase wages and grow the economy, Leila Melendez, chief executive officer of…

Ted Houghton is the principal of Houghton Financial Partners, Chair of the El Paso Mobility Commission, and Vice-Chair of the Medical Center of the Americas. In previous years, he served as Chair…