Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an
Category: arena
Sorry About That From the Dysfunction Faction
Hey, District 6 Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez says that some faction is trying to “cause dysfunction in City Government.” Well,
Maybe They’re Sick
When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been
The “Arena” Looms Large
This week the El Paso Inc. tries to demonstrate that El Pasoans knew all along that the Multi Purpose Performing
Open Government
According to Wikipedia, Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents
Now, or Later?
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. El Paso used to be a growing city. From 2010 to 2012, El
Retrovision: About Those Quality of Life Projects
This article originally appeared on 19 April 2018, but let me say it again. Advocates of the Quality of Life
Retrovision: Who’s Driving This Truck?
This article originally appeared on 15 December 2016. It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council
A Public Obscenity
I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for
The Mayor’s Missing Emails
From the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Mayor Dee Margo appears to have sidestepped the city’s public information rules and
A Letter
Someone slipped this under the door of El Chuqueño World Headquarters last night. It appears to be a letter from
Bloomberg on Publicly Funded Stadiums
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
“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