El Paso has the highest residential property tax rates in the country. Our elected officials used to say that was
Category: downtown
About That Brownfields Assessment
Yesterday I walked that downtown area that the Downtown Management District is offering up for brownfield assessment. The tract is
Brand Management Chuco-Style
Welcome to my Pity Party The Downtown Management District thinks it’s a good idea to have parts of downtown El
How Governments Cheat You On Property Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from the Gray Lady: Homeowners have long complained about inequitable assessments, and past studies have documented
Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?
This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan
La Molacha
If you wanted to make a lot of money betting on El Paso’s future, vacant lots would be the way
Are Office Buildings Obsolete?
Before buildings had centralized refrigerated air conditioning, windows used to open. There was a little transition period, when the air
Survey: Downtown’s Looking Up
The Downtown Management District conducted a survey recently, and guess what? People are optimistic about our central business district. From
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
Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?
In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan to foster economic development in the area. According
No Pro Sports in the Arena?
Didn’t you think that the proposed downtown arena was for professional sports? Wasn’t there a lot of talk about an
City To Give $2.4 Million in Cash to Fund Downtown Apartments
From the El Paso Times: Downtown El Paso’s slow-to-grow housing market is getting a new addition when a 13-story office
Wealth Inequality and Income Segregation
Downtown El Paso used to belong to all El Pasoans. Sure, there was poverty. But there were also places that
Change is Hard
About ten years ago, the people who really run things in El Paso decided that the city needed public amenities
Are the Wheels Coming Off?
This just in, from the El Paso Inc. Borderplex Realty Trust, the company created by businessman William Sanders that owns
Widening the I-10 Trench
Did you see this op-ed in the El Paso Times by Sito Negron? You may have heard about the I-10
Lessons in Horse Trading
If you’re selling a blind horse, the first thing you tell the mark prospective buyer is how good that horse
An Old Canard, Revived
Here’s an entertaining post from District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez, hyping the benefits of the Children’s Museum. Which is curious,
Future El Paso
Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in