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DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS

2023-05-17 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives

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A Tax By Any Other Name

2023-05-10 Max Grossman Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, Slider, Widening I-10 4 comments

by Max Grossman On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 78, which would increase the registration fee for a

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Max Grossman: 318 BANKRUPTCIES IN EL PASO FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, UP 32.5% OVER LAST YEAR

2023-04-20 Max Grossman Max Grossman, Slider, The Economy 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to today’s issue of the Paso del Norte Economic Indicator Review of the Hunt Institute for Global

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Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City

2023-04-18 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency

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CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FATE OF STREETCARS, WHICH LOSE $2.9M PER YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $44.61 PER RIDE!

2023-04-10 Max Grossman City Council, Slider, Taxes, Trolley 3 comments

by Max Grossman Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are

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Max Grossman: “THE FIRING OF CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ: OPEN LETTER TO REPS. HERNANDEZ, SALCIDO AND RIVERA”

2023-03-04 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Henry Rivera, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

March 3, 2023 Rep. Cassandra HernandezRep. Isabel SalcidoRep. Henry Rivera City of El Paso300 N. Campbell St.El Paso, TX 79901

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Retrovision: Max Grossman — “OUR WATERPARKS ARE A GIANT FINANCIAL BLACK HOLE”

2023-02-27 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 12 comments

This is the text of an email that I received 30 September 2022. by Max Grossman THE OPERATING DEFICIT OF

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Max Grossman — “THE CASE FOR FIRING TOMMY GONZALEZ”

2023-02-24 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 11 comments

by Max Grossman Tommy Gonzalez became City Manager of the City of El Paso on June 23, 2014. So what

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The City’s “Slush Fund”

2023-02-15 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Karla Nieman, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

by Max Grossman If you pay a monthly water bill like I do, you will notice a tax levied by

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THE OPERATING DEFICIT OF THE FOUR WATER PARKS IS $5.6 MILLION SO FAR!

2022-09-30 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Water Parks 3 comments

by Max Grossman I recently reported that the City’s four water parks lost $1,335,420 during the summer 2021 season and

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EL PASO WATER PARKS LOST $1.3 MILLION IN 2021, TO LOSE $3.4 MILLION IN 2022

2022-09-24 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 12 comments

by Max Grossman Proposition 1 on the ballot of November 6, 2012 ballot authorized the issuance of $245,000,000 in general

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Arena Crisis Enters Year 4

2019-10-13 Max Grossman City Council, Guest Column, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Today marks three years since October 13, 2016, when the City of El Paso announced that it would destroy Duranguito

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