About ten years ago, the people who really run things in El Paso decided that the city needed public amenities
Category: quality of life projects
The 3.5% Solution
You’ve probably heard that the Texas Legislature reduced the rollback rate to 3.5%. Here’s the skinny from the Texas Tribune.
The Business of Government
I lifted some slides from City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ presentation on the water parks to City Council. Like this one:
Revelation
They said it was about Economic Development. They said that once we built those Quality of Life projects, companies would
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
Retrovision: The Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan: A Critique
This post originally appeared on 03 June 2015. How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. —
Clank Clank Clank Went the Trolley
The El Paso Times reported yesterday on the City’s streetcar debacle. Sun Metro officials are looking for ways to boost
Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.
This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso Inc. about how great DWNTWN is doing. Property
Quality of Life
What makes for a good quality of life? I may be shallow, but my Quality of Life is improved when
It’s All Tommy G
Look, when they hired him, they told him that we were sitting on a half a billion dollars of Quality
“And the Winner Is . . .”
Yay! We’re Number 1 on another list! The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy has come out with their list of
Retrovision: Forget the Arena
This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few
Local Government Is Absurd
Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times from Lower Valley resident Christopher Falk. Once again the
What’s It For?
Why are we still trying to build an arena? MountainStar’s not hot on it anymore. They’re worried about their soccer
More Debt Per Capita
According to the slideshow that accompanies this story from the Austin American Statesman, El Pasoans owe more General Obligation debt
More Gobbledygook From Our Friends at City Hall
You may have seen that the City refused to compromise on the downtown arena swindle. (Why do all the City’s
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
Riding the Decline
Our city leaders — all of them, the elected and the economic and the City staff — are managing El
Retrovision: The Bane of QoL: O & M
This article originally appeared on 18 December 2014. El Paso is a cash-strapped town. Nobody foresaw that our boom years,
Welcome to the Apocalypse
It’s happening. This was the sign taped to the door of the Pat O’Rourke Center today. Meanwhile the trolley glides