From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council voted unanimously to accept a recommendation to reallocate $15 million in federal funding for
Category: Ethics
About That Brownfields Assessment
Yesterday I walked that downtown area that the Downtown Management District is offering up for brownfield assessment. The tract is
All the News That Fits an Agenda
Do you depend on the El Paso Times to keep you informed on local news? Or maybe you count on
The Failing Health of Government By Spin
El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before
El Paso’s Fourth Tit
I reckon the local oligarchs really got their hooks into the El Paso Times. Yesterday the El Paso Times had
Dark Money
Many people were upset by that anonymous non-political political mailer that went out before the general election. But I suspect
What Do You Reckon?
Today the El Paso Times published a guest column from City Engineer Sam Rodriguez. A cursory scan reveals that is
Your Freudian’s Slipping
Here’s Mayor Dee Margo talking about his regime: Under his regime? Pol Pot had a regime. Stalin had a regime.
Retrovision: Rancho El Paso
This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a
Campaign Finance Shenanigans
Those nice guys at The Forma Group lent almost $7,000 to their client Debbie Torres for her District 6 runoff
Breaking News: The Ethics Commission Meets
Today at 1:30, the City Ethics Commission will meet in City Council Chambers to discuss the Ethics Complaint filed against
The Arena Saga That Wouldn’t Die
I lifted this from David Crowder’s article about the Downtown arena that appeared in the El Paso Inc. this weekend.
A Chance for a Do-Over
And how often in life do you get a Mulligan? This was in this week’s El Paso Inc. It looks
What’s Good for the Goose
Popular Italian tenor Max Grossman sent me an email this week that contained this interesting information: The Mayor of El
Just Like Democracy. Except not.
Did you hear about the latest attempt by your favorite City Council to stifle any voice of dissent? From the
Mayor Margo, I Apologize
Yesterday I called the Mayor a liar because he made the following statement to his constituents regarding the City’s population
Life Lessons
Here’s some wisdom from Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet’s main man, via getpocket.com. To get what you want, deserve what you
Ex-Rep Heather Wilson
This week, UTEP announced, as the sole finalist to replace outgoing President Diana Natalicio, the former congresswoman from New Mexico
Disinformation
Maybe you saw this op-ed in the El Paso Times this weekend: We are proud El Paso residents, but it