I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans
Category: Commissioners Court
The Winds of Change?
The primary elections are over. Incumbent Vince Perez lost his Precinct 3 County Commissioners seat. And James Montoya, veteran District
Segundo Barrio
Have you seen this map of the Segundo Barrio Historic District the El Paso Commissioners Court approved last Monday? It’s
Retrovision: Six Years On
This article originally appeared on 08 March 2019. On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the
Late to the Party
I hate to say I told you so, but . . . From the El Paso Times: Data show El Paso’s
Six Feet High and Rising
Well, lookie here. The dead tree edition of the El Paso Times reports that our County’s Hospital District is raising
Jobs Report
Bob Moore reports, via his El Paso Matters twitter feed, that the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that things in
The Cost of Living Well
Apparently our elected officials of the County Commissioners Court are giving themselves about a twenty percent raise next year. This
The Downtown Historic District
Today, or tomorrow, or yesterday, depending on when you’re reading this, the El Paso County Commissioners Court will consider, or
You’re Out!
Here’s an article from Reason that describes the plights of three cities who paid for ballparks. “Any normal business person
Six Years On
On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of
On The Other Hand
Here’s a story about some police violence perpetrated by the Boston Transit Authority Police: A former transit police officer and
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
Not John Cook
El Chuqueño does not endorse political candidates (though there’s this one candidate for District 8 that the editorial board is
Second Highest Tax Rate In The Nation
According to Lincoln Institute’s 50 State Property Tax Comparison, El Paso has the second highest homestead property tax rate among
Retrovision: The Master Plan
I was going to write about the soccer stadium, but I realized that I already did. This post originally appeared
A New Letter From Max Grossman
Max is killing it. Here’s an email I got from him last night. Dear Friends, The League of Women Voters
Why They Need an Arena
Here’s some interesting history to go with the prior post about eight million dollars a year that the El Paso
The Master Plan
How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium Now it’s a futbol stadium. From the El
Retrovision: Forget the Arena
This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few