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Category: Taxes
TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!
by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the
Us and Them
The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve.
COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per
COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016
by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County
Retrovision: The City’s War on Small Business
This post originally appeared on 7 December 2016. God bless those nice people in city government. They are completely clueless.
EL PASO BADLY NEEDS MORE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
by Max Grossman Houston, like most major cities, has journalists with the requisite skills for investigating complex financial matters and
CITY DEBT APPROACHING $3 BILLION!
by Max Grossman According to page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, our City owes $2,257,059,064, of which $851,565,991
CITY BUDGET TO INCREASE TO $1.3B FOR FY 2024, HERNANDEZ WANTS MORE DEBT
by Max Grossman Cindy Ramirez of El Paso Matters published a substantive report on the ongoing budget talks in City
CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION
by Max Grossman Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two
You Are Still Paying for the Great Wolf Lodge Fiasco
by Rick Bonart While Council investigates trivial gas card infractions, millions of public dollars are being wasted. Left unchecked, these
CITY POPULATION DECLINES ANOTHER 1,000 INHABITANTS SINCE LAST YEAR
by Max Grossman The American Community Survey (ACS) of the Census Bureau has revealed that as of July 2022, the
DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS
by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives
Our Taxing Politicians
You read here that email that Max Grossman sent out, decrying the proposed $10 increase for cars registered El Paso
Buried in Debt
I lifted this image from the FY2023 City of El Paso Budget Book: You’ll notice that this year we payed
My Take: About the City’s New Bond Rating
by Rich Wright I get it. If you can believe everything the City is telling us (always a dubious proposition),
Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City
by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency
“Adios, Amigos”
El Paso’s population growth continues to stagnate, according to this report in ElPasoMatters.org: El Paso County’s population grew by fewer
CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FATE OF STREETCARS, WHICH LOSE $2.9M PER YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $44.61 PER RIDE!
by Max Grossman Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are
Our Forecast Budget Shortfall
Look up at that graph there. I lifted it from the budget presentation that the City gave to City Council