This article originally appeared on 26 July 2020. From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open
Category: economic development
The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election
First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt
Retrovision: Rancho El Paso
This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a
What Has the City Done for You Lately?
The El Paso Inc. reports that the City bought the County’s old 911 phone center building in downtown El Paso
The Destruction of Brand El Paso
What does “El Paso” mean to you? I threw quotes around it because I want to talk about the idea
The Problem With El Paso
The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to
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
El Paso’s Climate Refugees
Here’s a long read from ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine: Conjoined to the Mexican city of Juárez, the
Amazon is Coming
From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open one of its distribution centers in El Paso, company
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 Plaza Hotel Open?
Here’s a listing for the Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park I came across on hotels.com. I guess you could be one
Economic Development?
Y’all remember when they pitched those 2102 Quality of Life bonds, they said it was “an economic development issue”. Here’s
The Robots Have Come for Your Job
I came home the other day and some guy was messing with my gas meter. Turns out that Texas Gas
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
Beisbol Been Very Very Good to Me
Minor league baseball is up against the wall, and it’s not because they’re trying to field a long ball to
Retrovision: They Think You’re Stupid. They Might Be Right.
This post originally appeared on 28 April 2015. Did you know, that no matter how much money MountainStar Sports Group
The Harsh Future of El Paso
Here’s a great read from Medium.com titled The Harsh Future of American Cities: On the nation’s current trajectory, one of
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
The Lies They Tell Us
Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to indefinitely postpone the proposed arena in Duranguito. Let’s
Dee Margo’s Task Force
Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the pits, but our mayor has a plan. Dee