An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
Category: arena
“The Sunk Cost Fallacy”
Here’s a piece from YouAreNotSoSmart.com on the Sunk Cost Fallacy, the idea that you’ve already invested so much in a
What If Their Plan Doesn’t Work?
What if they’re doing it wrong? What if their plans for economic development are based on false assumptions? What if
Retrovision: A Failure in Branding
This article originally appeared on 24 August 2017. Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here
The Bubble
We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us
The Big Lie
The advocates for the City’s Quality of Life projects pretend that we need ballparks and arenas to spur economic development.
We’re Number 2! (For Now)
Fort Worth has slightly higher property tax rates than El Paso. For now. According to SmartAsset.com (killer website name), the
Bread and Taxes
Right now I’m making bread. I’m at the part of the bread-making process where a lump of dough sits in
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Times Change
Lookie here. That chart at the top of this article shows the difference in taxable property values from 1999 to
Lie Back and Enjoy It
Some of my friends think that Woody Hunt was suggesting that the proposed arena should be reconsidered when he said
About That Arena
Remember that poll about the arena that KVIA did? Only 26% of the residents of El Paso County who were
Retrovision: The Master Plan
I was going to write about the soccer stadium, but I realized that I already did. This post originally appeared
Driving Down the Road, Gazing in the Rearview Mirror
I get it. The billionaires are putting a lot of money into spiffing up downtown. And we better jump on
Death and Taxes
Here’s a chart I lifted from a presentation the City’s Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations gave to City Council
Survey Says:
Did you see the results of this survey that KVIA did on putting the arena in Duranguito? ABC-7 recently conducted
Seth Godin on Arenas
Seth Godin today talks about cities building stadiums in a column titled The Super Bowl is for Losers. So why
Stuart Blaugrund’s Column in the Times
Stuart Blaugrund “represented a group of Downtown business and property owners who successfully resisted the taking of their properties for
You Break It, You Buy It
Naw, we’ll just stick it to the taxpayers. Woody Hunt is a smart man. He’s studied public corruption. Here’s what
A New Letter From Max Grossman
Max is killing it. Here’s an email I got from him last night. Dear Friends, The League of Women Voters