Property improvement district approval requirements

March 7, 2018

Someone asked how many property owners have to sign the petition to authorize a property improvement district.

The first step is that the petitioners must define the geographic area that will benefit from the construction.

Then generally “owners of taxable real property representing more than 50 percent of the appraised value of taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal” need to approve the petition.

It would appear that the big guys could gang up on the little guys.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Putting you in debt

March 6, 2018

City council met Monday, March 5 in one of their “special” meetings.

There were only two agenda items, the second one being:

Presentation on the use of economic development and public infrastructure financing tools, including Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones and Public Improvement Districts.

Many of the readers know what tax increment reinvestment zones are.  What are public improvement districts?

Take a look at this slide that comes from a presentation that council will consider:

Yep.  This would allow the city to spend money in your neighborhood, assess the bill against your property,  and file a lien on your property until the assessment was paid.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Mayor takes a good stand

February 14, 2018

Our mayor recently said in public that he is not endorsing any of the candidates running for office.

Good for him.

The other rule that our elected officials should use is that they do not give campaign money to other candidates.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Very Important People

February 13, 2018

This slide came from a presentation made to city council:

Notice that the VIP Event will be for dignitaries and media only.

Many dictionaries define dignitary as “a person who holds a high rank or office”, in other words the government crowd.

I guess that tells us who they think is important.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Elchuqueno.com puts it on the line

February 12, 2018

Last week Mr. Richard Wright (elchuqueno.com) announced his candidacy for the office of city representative district 8.

This is a great opportunity for the voters.

Mr. Wright has been sharing his thoughts about what is going on in El Paso and Juarez for years.

This is the equivalent of him attending many hundreds of candidate forums.  Simply read his past blog posts to learn how he thinks.

Here we have a candidate that has quite clearly gone on the record about many issues.

This is better than the normal candidate that hides behind “I believe in better government”.

This is better

Brutus

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