Here’s this story from CBS4Local.com: El Paso families seeking help paying for childcare are facing one of the sharpest reductions
Category: Tommy Gonzalez
Tales from the Crypt
by Rich Wright Former City Manager Joyce Wilson must be off her meds again, God bless her. Here is the
Corruption and the Decline of El Paso
Some people would have you believe that El Paso’s apogee was 1950, and we’ve been in steady decline ever since.
A Homegrown City Manager?
Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.
The Failure of the 2012 Quality of Life Projects
They promised us economic development. They promised us a vibrant downtown. They promised us a minimal increase in property taxes.
That Whistleblower Lawsuit
‘member that City of El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo (Mundo!) Calderon filed that Whistleblower lawsuit against former City Manager
City Auditor Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against the City of El Paso
The Grift That Keeps on Grifting From KVIA.com: El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the
TOMMY GONZALEZ WAS EMPLOYED BY CITIES OF EL PASO AND DURANGO SIMULTANEOUSLY!
by Max Grossman August 3 at 9:34pm, City Reps. Kennedy, Annello, Molinar and Fierro—who all happen to serve on the
The Best Charter Amendment That Didn’t Pass
It was Proposition A: “Should section 3.1 of the City Charter, relating to creation, composition; powers and duties of Council
The City’s U-Matter Program
by Rich Wright You Are Not the You in U-Matter KVIA continues its block busting reporting with more information of
The Poor Quality of Local Media
by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez
Arrogance
If you look at the Census Bureau estimates for El Paso’s population, the inflection point was 2012. It didn’t turn
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
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both
About Gassandragate
Yesterday I went to the City of El Paso’s Financial Oversight Audit Committee’s meeting at City Hall. It was great.
Cassandra Hernandez and Gasgate
Last night I got this email from Max Grossman: The Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) will be meeting tomorrow
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
Our Forecast Budget Shortfall
Look up at that graph there. I lifted it from the budget presentation that the City gave to City Council