On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of
Category: City Management
TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined
Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when you are reading this) TEDx El Paso is
The City is Taking the Buses
Gas is as expensive as it has been in a while, and it’s going to get dearer. Supply chain disruptions
El Paso is at War
It’s a class war. The City of El Paso, and the Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports Group, have declared
Blame It On the Strategic Plan
If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso, you have to look no further than the
My Letter to the Malcolm Baldridge Foundation
Hi y’all, I see where El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez received the E David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award from
Downtown in the Age of COVID
Making downtown vibrant was always a tough task. COVID made it harder. Sealed office buildings where the windows don’t open?
Resistance is Futile
On November 9, City Council directed the City Manager to take another look at the arena that the City is
Is There a Lawyer In the House?
If City Council decided to fire City Manager Tommy Gonzalez for not doing his job, and he fought his termination
Plot Twist – Duranguito Arena Back in Play
Remember that, way back on November 9, the El Paso City Council directed City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to put the
Snowflake Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t “Feel Comfortable”
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? There won’t be any weather- or fire-protection for damaged buildings inside the fenced
El Barrio Park: Attack of the Bureaucrats
Here’s a letter that Cruz Morales posted on Facebook: RE: Cease and Desist – EL BARRIO PARK Mr. Morales This
Are We Finally Getting Good Government?
Or is it a trick? From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council met Tuesday to once again discuss whether seek to
Amateurs From Kalamazoo
From a Time.com article, titled Two Rich Men Decided to Fund a Failing City. Some People Say They Made It
What Do You Want From City Government?
The types at City Hall think City Government should be a growth industry. So do the people that benefit from
Retrovision: Chime the Eff Up
This post originally appeared on 12 July 2021. Did you take the City of El Paso’s budget survey? It was
City Spin
ElPasoMatters.com has A Q&A with Joe Pickett on his upcoming run for City Council, in which City City spokesperson Laura
Blame It On the Firemen
And the cops. That’s what other cities have done when their fiscal profligacy has run their finances into a ditch.
How Much Would the “Arena” Cost today?
Tomorrow, City Council will vote on whether or not to tell City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to come up with a
Vote No on Prop 2
Did you know that blight was a condition to creating a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone in Texas? From the Texas