The City’s share of property taxes on the median priced home went up 6% this year. You can read about
Category: City Management
The City Hall Budget
Did you see Adam Powell’s story at ElPasoTimes.com? It’s headlined City Hall’s budget is set: What will El Pasoans get
How Did It Get So Bad So Quick?
In 2012, our property tax rates was 66 cents per $100 of valuation. For FY2023, the property tax rate is
Retrovision – TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined
This post originally appeared on 04 March 2022. Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when
Big Fibbers at City Hall Redux
Somehow I missed the point of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ press release about the new budget. When Tommy Gonzalez was
Big Fibbers at City Hall
In a recent guest column at ElPasoTimes.com, Representatives Hernandez, Salcido, and Rodriguez wrote the following: The city of El Paso
Why Your Taxes Are So High
Because the City won’t stop spending money. While we’re catching our breath (this is, after all, an election year) the
Cary Westin’s Lucrative Retirement
You’ll remember that back in May, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin retired from his position as Deputy City Manager for the
Trouble in ChucoTown
The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the
Public Meeting Tonight About the Arena
There is a public meeting tonight at 5:30 to discuss the economic impact of the downtown arena. The meeting will
Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan
This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso,
San Antonio’s Development Problems
From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family
Evaluating Our Priorities
They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From
Retrovision – El Paso, a Metaphor
This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend
Another Salvo in the War on Taxpayers
The City of El Paso, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports group are waging a class war
Retrovision – El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers
This post originally appeared on 10 February 2021. You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we
Tommy Gonzalez Has Been Cheating On Us
You’ve heard the news. El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez is among three other finalists being considered for city manager
Warren Buffett — The Rich Are Winning the Class War
He said it in a New York Times article back in 2006. “There’s class warfare, all right,” Mr. Buffett said,
Is This What Corruption Looks Like?
From ElPasoTimes.com: The [El Paso City Council] voted to hire a San Francisco-based architecture firm to provide an updated cost
Homeowners Carry the Burden
Here’s a couple of factoids I extracted from this El Paso Times article about rising property valuations: The overall market