Today is an inflection point in the evolution of El Paso. Today, voters in the state either will or won’t
Category: Brand El Paso
The City’s War Against Poor People
City Council has turned public policy into a war against poor people. Which is weird, because El Paso is poor.
“The True Cost of Corruption”
Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an
Future El Paso
Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in
From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”
If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind
El Paso’s Finest
By now you’ve seen the El Paso Police Officer draw his weapon on those kids on the southside. In case
On The Road Again
According to this story in the USAToday online (which an alert reader directed me to), El Paso was the ninth
The Death of the American City
This story from Harper’s is about New York, but it’s the formula our city fathers are emulating. New York has
I Can Admit It When I Make a Mistake
The City can’t. Which is probably why they can’t stop making mistakes. If you’re going to pretend your mistake never
Looking Back to the Future
I’ve been chasing someone else’s disposable income my whole life. Before slinging drinks on the front lines of the service
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 Home of Predatory Capitalism
Here’s another killer essay about the decline of American civilization. A friend, recently, told me a very interesting and telling
The Bubble
We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us
The Shame of the City
Today is trash day in my neighborhood Barrio Heights. Last night, as I was falling to sleep, I realized that
The Population Box Score
Okay, sports fans, I know that some of you are trying to keep score at home, so here are some
About Those Quality of Life Projects
Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on
It’s All In The Spin
Here’s the headline and lede of a story on KVIA: El Paso makes top 125 list of best places to
Dale Watson Leaving Austin For Memphis
From the Texas Standard: “I make a good living,” Watson says. “But the city has really made it hard to
Those poor dears. They try so hard.
This is the sidewalk on Cincinnati Street. You remember. The City just spent money to make it nice. They put
Quality of Life
If you found fifty bucks on the street, what would you do with it? Pay down your credit card debt?