From the El Paso Times: Most El Paso city employees will receive a one-time payment this fall from additional sales tax revenue
Category: City Management
The Death of Democracy in El Paso
Did you have a voice in the political process when City Council announced on a Thursday that they were going
Our Fearless Leader
A week after our city’s elected officials voted to give City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and City Attorney Karla Nieman merit
We Could Have Had City-Wide High-Speed Internet Instead
You know I’ve been saying that the real cost of all those vanity projects for the leisure class is what
Getting What You Pay for?
Here’s an article in Forbes titled Why Texas Is In Trouble—78,064 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $12 Billion:
AMF
Good news, everybody. According to recently released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, between July 2018 and July 2019, the
The Winds of Change?
The primary elections are over. Incumbent Vince Perez lost his Precinct 3 County Commissioners seat. And James Montoya, veteran District
Why Our Taxes are High and Our Streets are Bad
You could write it off to the City’s excessive spending. And you’d be right. The City is drunk on spending
The Fiscal Ship is Sinking
Here’s a news flash from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso leads major Texas cities in debt not approved by
It’s Good to be the Chief
Protesters are calling for the dismissal of El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen. From the El Paso Times: [O]rganizers unveiled
“Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter”
Here’s a scathing article from Reason.com about cities building stadiums. Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new
Economic Development?
Y’all remember when they pitched those 2102 Quality of Life bonds, they said it was “an economic development issue”. Here’s
Flattening the Curve
Expectations drive the economy. Economists measure consumer confidence. The futures markets are self-fulfilling prophecies, to a degree. Politicians know that.
Retrovision: Six Years On
This article originally appeared on 08 March 2019. On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the
“Card Tricks: How El Paso’s 2012 ‘Quality of Life’ Bond Election Got Riddled With Flimflam”
Here’s a piece on Medium.com written by veteran reporter Debbie Nathan, chronicling the run-up to the election. . . .
El Paso Post-Pandemic
The future will look different. But let’s hope we’ve learned from the mistakes of the past. For the past couple
Retrovision: Who Represents El Paso?
This article originally appeared on 03 August 2015. If you only read the local newspapers, and maybe watch the City
Tightening the Belt?
In what world does cutting pay by five percent for the highest paid City staffers make sense? Tommy G is
Paul Foster Needs a Hobby
Paul Foster inserted himself into the news cycle this week, with this email he sent to all the players on
Heaping Disrespect on Disrespect
From the El Paso Times: Eastridge-Mid-Valley city Rep. Henry Rivera denied he was referring to a resident as a “f—ing idiot”