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About ten years ago, the people who really run things in El Paso decided that the city needed public amenities
This article originally appeared on 2017 March 30. Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that
This just in, from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is the only public school district
Remember when our good friends on the Board of the El Paso Independent School District were selling us that $668
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
The media aren’t going to do it. Have any of them reported on El Paso’s abysmal population growth rate? Have
In this piece that I picked up from Brutus’ blog, and which appeared here originally, the author says you don’t
I get it. The billionaires are putting a lot of money into spiffing up downtown. And we better jump on
This is a lightly edited version of an article that originally appeared on 6 June 2013. Since then, very little
Here’s Angela Lee Duckworth talking about grit, the power of passion and perseverance. Check it out.
Here’s a list from everybody’s favorite click-bait list creator. WalletHub did a study of the most and least educated MSAs
Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per
Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that the hubris of misguided city officials, at the
Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak makes some good points with deeper implications, in this post titled EPISD bonds-story changes again.
Is your much better half after you to make some New Year’s resolutions? When Claire asks me what I want
Originally published way back on 7 September 2016 The El Paso Independent School District wants us to give them $669
Mr. Bob Moore, editor of the El Paso Times, informed me via Facebook that the Specific Interest Committee Campaign Finance
Corporate boards have a responsibility to their shareholders, and generally those shareholders expect the corporate boards to maximize profits. It’s
This from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is one of two Texas school districts that
Those people advocating for the El Paso Independent School District bond proposal gotta understand. Enough. We’ve got the same people