The city has hired a concessionaire for the four new water parks.
Take a look at this:
Yes, now the city will get to tax you on the food you eat at a city park.
We deserve better
Brutus
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City of El Paso debt=$2,670,400,000, county and school district debt=$1,600,000,000. Total $4.27 billion. Your share $19,350
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Will that be a better deal for the City than the ballpark/soccer stadium? The City will be building the concession’s operation footprint. Will the rent reflect the current market?
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We get zilch from the ballpark food and beverage concessions or merchandise sales. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Mountainstar keeps 100%. If the waterpark concessionaire sells a couple of million dollars, the 18% they pay might actually exceed what Mountainstar pays annually in rent for the ballpark. I wonder why the city didn’t negotiate that tough on the ballpark lease agreement.
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If you recall the FOIA email trail, Wilson effectively downloaded the AAA terms directly from Mountainstar to the the Council floor bypassing public commentary except at one CC meeting where it was a done deal. So much for negotiation. Then Carmen A-C blessed the business case and missed the total by $20MM, i.e., what in El Paso passes for a CFO review and earning her the title of Ms. Fuzzy Math. Now she runs the numbers for EPISD.
Did the videos of those two CC meetings “disappear?” Because I saw Paul Foster telling CC that MS would donate the team profits to local charity.
Pay to play, the El Paso way.
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It was Woody that said in a council meeting that Mountainstar would donate its profits, but when asked if they would open their books, he was quick to say no. He said we would have to “trust” them.
The subject of donating profits has never come up again publicly and no one in a position of power has ever dared to ask them about it. You and I both know that owners can engineer losses by charging management fees, etc.
Josh Hunt said the ball club was their “gift to El Paso.” If so, it’s like being on the receiving end of the Trojan horse.
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No problem !
Tell the kids no we are not buying food !
Take a picnic basket!
Who is the parent and who is the child?
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Most water parks and theme parks do not allow food to be brought in.
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The city lets Mountainstar keep 100% of the revenue from its ballpark concessions.
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Remember Western Playland and Ascarate Park . The city raised the taxes so high Western Playland moved to New Mexico like everyone is doing. Maybe families in El Paso should spend Sunday protesting the grief the greedy and sold outs have hoisted on our city. The city should make monuments to city council liars and impotent despots. Have fun in the sun!
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Western Playland was on EL Paso County property- NOT city-as I recall
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And Tommy Gonzales should find a different bone to suck on. Hopefully his days here are over. Please go away!!
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Recall or know
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City policies only benefit Las Cruces. We pay for the stick they hit us with( the people who vote) the others get what they deserve
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Maybe come up with a plan to “TAX” speeders, reckless drivers, people Texting, driving drunk, etc. Now in El Taxo that would be some real money. Tax, waste, spend, waste, tax some more.
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The city passed an ordinance against talking on a handheld phone while driving and then turned around and chose not to enforce it. The city also has millions and millions of dollars in uncollected fines. When they print the list in the paper each year, it requires a special section that is bigger than the Sunday edition.
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