From this weekend’s El Paso Inc.: We hear the deal is done, and there’s an announcement coming soon. What deal?
Category: cost of living
About Those Quality of Life Projects
Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on
Last Week, City Council Raised Your Taxes
As I mentioned last week, but this time from the El Paso Inc.: The price that El Paso Electric must
Mo’ Taxes
Since 1987, the County of El Paso has been getting a quarter of the sales tax collected in the city.
We’re Number 2! (For Now)
Fort Worth has slightly higher property tax rates than El Paso. For now. According to SmartAsset.com (killer website name), the
A Rose By Any Other Name
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? El Paso Electric ratepayers will see a smaller than expected
Bread and Taxes
Right now I’m making bread. I’m at the part of the bread-making process where a lump of dough sits in
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Death and Taxes
Here’s a chart I lifted from a presentation the City’s Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations gave to City Council
Big Changes at City Hall
Remember when the rationale for all those pricey public amenities was “to shift the property tax burden from residential to
Tomorrow’s City Council Agenda
Tomorrow should be rip-roaring City Council meeting. City Council will vote tomorrow on an item limiting their own ability to
Ballpark Numbers
Are you troubled by insomnia? Then I’ve got some ballpark numbers that should put you right to sleep. Because there
A Second Bite at the Apple
The city budget is fat. Obviously they have extra money. Lookie here. From the El Paso Times: The city will
Allocating Scarce Resources
Income is finite. That’s a hard concept to get your mind around, because income, in aggregate, is so large, and
Affordable Housing
Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak alerted me to this list from Canadian data muncher Point2Homes that ranks housing affordability in
Rent Seeking
From Investopedia.com: What is ‘Rent-Seeking’ Rent-seeking is the use of the resources of a company, an organization or an individual
Retrovision: Commercial Property Tax Valuations Down
[Our shrinking tax base isn’t a new thing. This article originally appeared on August 5, 2014. Since then, our city
How Do We Evaluate Our Economic Development Policy?
Short answer: We don’t. I mean, except by the bank accounts of our community’s wealthiest citizens. They’re not going to
A New Verse to the Same Old Song
Remember last week I asked “Is the City Paying Companies to Not Leave Town?” Well, Vic Kolenc of the El
El Paso Electric is a Bad Corporate Citizen
The El Paso Inc. reports that El Paso Electric Company CEO Mary Kipp was recently feted at the El Paso