Here’s a Tweet from Lina Hidalgo, the County Judge for Harris County, Texas: NEW: The feds have told TXDOT to
Category: MountainStar Sports Group
The View From the Top
Lookie here. I took that photo from in front of the main gate, on Santa Fe, of the ballpark. See
How To Cripple an Economy
Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but
The Deck is Coming
Here’s a message I received from TxDOT contractors via the Sunset Heights Neighborhood Association: As an interested party in the
What’s Wrong With the Ballpark
The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest
Retrovision: The Master Plan
This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium
The Bets are In
The latest Campaign Finance Reports are interesting. MountainStar Sports Group has picked their favorites. Mayor Dee Margo received $23,031.48 from
“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”
That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably
“Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter”
Here’s a scathing article from Reason.com about cities building stadiums. Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new
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
The City Wants to Give MountainStar a Soccer Stadium
At yesterday’s City Council meeting, your Representatives voted 5-2 to support TxDOT’s plan to widen the freeway downtown. You won’t
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
Seis Banderas
According to El Diario de Juarez, MountainStar Sports Group is trying to put a big theme park in Cd. Juarez’
Trench Warfare
Those nice people at the Texas Department of Transportation are considering widening the freeway in Downtown El Paso, eliminating lots
Business Community: Not In My Backyard
Oh, the irony. From Aaron Montes at the El Paso Times: A large warehouse built 19 years ago in West
Pity the Rich
Those poor little rich folk. They can’t go to dive bars, or downtown Juarez. They’ll never know the joys of
“The True Cost of Corruption”
Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an
You Break It, You Buy It
Naw, we’ll just stick it to the taxpayers. Woody Hunt is a smart man. He’s studied public corruption. Here’s what
Ballpark Numbers Updated
An alert reader sent me this spreadsheet which shows the actual numbers for the ballpark. Four years in and we’re