About ten years ago, the people who really run things in El Paso decided that the city needed public amenities
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Did the Mayor of El Paso Fire the Editor of the City’s Daily?
It sure looks like it. On September 17, 2017, this editorial appeared in the print edition of the El Paso
The 3.5% Solution
You’ve probably heard that the Texas Legislature reduced the rollback rate to 3.5%. Here’s the skinny from the Texas Tribune.
Mayor Margo’s Press Conference
Last week City Manager Tommy Gonzalez gave an interview to CBS4Local. Judging by the page hits and comments, y’all enjoyed
Passing the Buck
KVIA reports that Mayor Dee Margo vetoed the tax increase that City Council approved. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo on
Trench Warfare
Those nice people at the Texas Department of Transportation are considering widening the freeway in Downtown El Paso, eliminating lots
Revelation
They said it was about Economic Development. They said that once we built those Quality of Life projects, companies would
What’s Good for the Goose
Popular Italian tenor Max Grossman sent me an email this week that contained this interesting information: The Mayor of El
Retrovision: The Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan: A Critique
This post originally appeared on 03 June 2015. How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. —
Quality of Life
What makes for a good quality of life? I may be shallow, but my Quality of Life is improved when
It’s All Tommy G
Look, when they hired him, they told him that we were sitting on a half a billion dollars of Quality
“And the Winner Is . . .”
Yay! We’re Number 1 on another list! The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy has come out with their list of
Retrovision: Hubris, and an Attack on Democracy
This post originally appeared on October 3, 2017. They felt the wind and thought it was their own breath. When
Retrovision: Does El Paso Need Downtown Development?
This piece originally appeared on 13 August 2012. All across American, downtowns are in trouble. They’re dead, or dying. It’s
The Downtown Historic District
Today, or tomorrow, or yesterday, depending on when you’re reading this, the El Paso County Commissioners Court will consider, or
BUSINESS VS. BUSINESSES
Rising property taxes don’t help small businesses. And all these vanity projects aren’t making the pie any bigger. Where is
Retrovision: Forget the Arena
This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few
Local Government Is Absurd
Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times from Lower Valley resident Christopher Falk. Once again the
What’s It For?
Why are we still trying to build an arena? MountainStar’s not hot on it anymore. They’re worried about their soccer
More Gobbledygook From Our Friends at City Hall
You may have seen that the City refused to compromise on the downtown arena swindle. (Why do all the City’s