This from the El Paso Times this morning: The City Council rejected a utility sales tax on natural gas and
Category: City Council
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
About That Great Wolf Lodge
The poobahs at Great Wolf got hornswoggled into opening one of their hotel water parks in El Paso. Have you
A Public Obscenity
I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for
Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
Deus Ex Machina Redux
When Representative Dr. Sam Morgan talked about Operational Security and him knowing things that we didn’t know, I hope he
Mo’ Taxes, Mo’ Problems
If you’re happy with the way things are going at City Hall, you’re not paying attention. The El Paso Times
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
The Easiest Thing To Do Is Not Care
City Council has shown a complete disregard for what many members of the community care about. They’ve made their decisions
We Hardly Knew You
By now you may have heard that Pacific Financial appears to have folded up its tent and left town. Or
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
Mountain Biking Lost Dog
Here’s the City’s latest advertisement promoting some of the wonderful outdoor opportunities we can enjoy here in El Paso. No,
About the Lost Dog TIRZ
Here’s some informed speculation about TIRZ 12, the Lost Dog TIRZ. I think it has something to do with that
Budget Theater
The City is in the midst of budget talks. Here’s the almost latest from the El Paso Times: Homeowners could
A Better Site for the Mexican American Cultural Center
I think the City spends our money poorly. The City spends our money courting out-of-town businesses that compete with our
The El Paso Street Debacle
El Paso Street was El Paso’s first street. Mandy the Mule used to haul transnationals down the middle of the
The Stanton Street Bike Lane
To accommodate the trolley running down the middle of Stanton Street, the City choked it down to one lane each
Still No Ethics (Revision)
Remember this story from the El Paso Inc. that appeared way back on 19 March 2018? Members of the city’s
“The Future of Cities”
On Wednesday the Wall Street Journal came out with a section called “The Future of Cities.” The lead story was