Here’s an email I got from Max Grossman this afternoon. Dear Friends, This is to inform you that the City
Category: City Council
Why Our Streets Have Potholes
One of the first issues our next mayor is going to have to confront is the budget. We’re in debt,
Free Money
Giving the City the authority to grant millions of dollars in tax rebates is a Petrie dish for corruption. Come
Is It Trickle Down Economics, or Are You Peeing On My Leg?
There is no group of citizens in less need of government support than the leisure class. But those are the
Retrovision: “Multipurpose” Spells “Arena”
This post originally appeared on December 17, 2013. Today City Council approved a contract to study locations for a Multipurpose
The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per
About El Chuqueño
I’m not against change. Change is the natural state of the universe. Change is as inevitable as gravity. Or friction.
Do You Smell Something?
Remember that 2012 Quality of Life bond election? That Bond Proposal movement was a juggernaut. I think they had three
What’s it for, anyway?
I still have some questions about that Multipurpose Performing Arts Center. Like where and when to build it. I know
That Explains It.
The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to
Downtown Update
Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t
Then Let’s Build an Arena
By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium
Can’t we go back to the drawing board?
Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau
Hasta la Vista, Baby
The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are
Tickets, Please
Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the
The Con
Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The
It’s Almost Funny
Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In
Representative Noe is a Hypocrite
God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read
Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes
The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a
The Other Shoe Drops . . .
but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the