Well, lookie here. The dead tree edition of the El Paso Times reports that our County’s Hospital District is raising

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Well, lookie here. The dead tree edition of the El Paso Times reports that our County’s Hospital District is raising
Apparently our elected officials of the County Commissioners Court are giving themselves about a twenty percent raise next year. This
This post originally appeared on 27 August 2012, shortly after man harnessed fire and before the invention of the wheel.
Another story from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Electric has been placed on review for downgrade by one of
In March, KFOX14 reported that the streetcars are a money pit. KFOX14 Investigates learned in the first four months of
[This article originally appeared on May 18, 2017.] El Paso’s English language daily reports that Texas Gas, i.e., the gas
In a report that will surprise no one, tripnet.org informs us that the roads in El Paso are some of
If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
Yesterday a loyal reader sent one of my articles to Dinah Kilgore, the Executive Director and Chief Appraiser of the
If you’re happy with the way things are going at City Hall, you’re not paying attention. The El Paso Times
An alert reader sent me this relevant article from Salon: [A]s the adage goes, all economics is local. One part
Here’s the latest on the Tax Increment Refinancing Zone below Transmountain that the City is trying to ram through, from
The City offered up their newly minted Chief Financial Officer to defend our sky high tax rates. Here’s David Crowder
From KVIA’s story about the City’s mounting debt: “The city is being very responsible with the way we’re issuing debt,”
Is city government representing you? Or is it working for the fat cats who have a financial interest in all
The difference between government and a junkie is that a junkie might quit. Once taxes go up, they are never
According to Lincoln Institute’s 50 State Property Tax Comparison, El Paso has the second highest homestead property tax rate among
From this weekend’s El Paso Inc.: We hear the deal is done, and there’s an announcement coming soon. What deal?
Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on