One time a guy called me up. I took a meeting with him at the Mexican Cottage. He was a
Category: Brand El Paso
Brand Management Chuco-Style
Welcome to my Pity Party The Downtown Management District thinks it’s a good idea to have parts of downtown El
Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?
This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan
How To Cripple an Economy
Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but
Lobbyist Loophole?
Or maybe the City Clerk is just not doing her job. Here’s Chapter 2.94 – REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES of
El Paso’s Fourth Tit
I reckon the local oligarchs really got their hooks into the El Paso Times. Yesterday the El Paso Times had
What Is CooL?
For marketers, cool is the holy grail. Mostly, marketers find cool after it’s been discovered and try to monetize it,
The Destruction of Brand El Paso
What does “El Paso” mean to you? I threw quotes around it because I want to talk about the idea
The Problem With El Paso
The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to
Paul Foster Likes the Arena
The El Paso Inc. ran a story about the restoration of the Plaza Hotel this weekend. That renovation was undertaken
Relationship Advice for the City of El Paso
Dear City of El Paso, I get it. You’ve been dumped. Boeing left you for Huntsville, Alabama, and Huntsville doesn’t
Retrovision: Let’s Pretend
This article originally appeared on 20 February 2017. Let’s pretend all our local “progressive” politicians and their benefactors are pure
“An Intersection of Possibilities”
From the people who brought you the Glass Beach Study. Here’s a nice video promoting El Paso, Las Cruces and
The El Paso Police “Will Fucking Kill You”
And why not? There’s no downside (for them) when an employee of the City of El Paso kills a resident.
Retrovision: They’re Bullies
This article originally appeared on 14 August 2018. Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one
Retrovision: Make El Paso Great Again
This article originally appeared on 2017 March 30. Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that
Instagramable
This is the newest hip marker in Juarez, on the east end of the pedestrian mall on dieciseis, a block
Riding the Decline
Our city leaders — all of them, the elected and the economic and the City staff — are managing El
A Private Letter To Paul Foster
If you’re not Paul Foster, please stop reading this. Pablo, Can I call you Pablo? I mean, it’s just us.
Will Paul Foster Do Better?
Now that the Borderplex Real Estate Investment Trust has sold its downtown real estate assets to Paul Foster’s Franklin Mountain