Is your City Council Representative concerned about your property tax burden? Mine isn’t. Back in 2019, she sent out a
Category: quality of life projects
Agenda Review 15 February 202i Recap
Here’s the video of the 15 February 2021 El Paso City Council Agenda Review meeting. I watched (most of) it
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
Retrovision: The Lies they Tell us
This post originally appeared on 27 April 2020. Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to
Oscar Leeser Has a Mandate
Oscar Leeser won the election by a 4 to 1 margin. That’s more than a little bit. That’s a landslide.
Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.
This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso
I Am a Capitalist
Even though I don’t own any capital, I am a capitalist. I still believe that capitalism is the most effective
We Should Start Thinking What Bankruptcy Will Look Like
El Pasoans aren’t getting any younger. True fact: We’re all either dead or getting older. (Today in the A Section
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
The Death of Democracy in El Paso
Did you have a voice in the political process when City Council announced on a Thursday that they were going
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
The Fiscal Ship is Sinking
Here’s a news flash from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso leads major Texas cities in debt not approved by
“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
Economic Development?
Y’all remember when they pitched those 2102 Quality of Life bonds, they said it was “an economic development issue”. Here’s
“Card Tricks: How El Paso’s 2012 ‘Quality of Life’ Bond Election Got Riddled With Flimflam”
Here’s a piece on Medium.com written by veteran reporter Debbie Nathan, chronicling the run-up to the election. . . .
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
The Alternate Realities of Living in El Paso
The people running El Paso are delusional. They’re drunk. Drunk on power and ego. They latched onto this idea that
El Paso’s PDNG Hangover
Y’all remember the Paso del Norte Group. Back in the aughts, they were going to launch El Paso’s renaissance. They
Brain Drain, Jobs, and Quality of Life
Which improves your quality of life more? A good paying job, or ballparks, water parks, and and arenas? Fiscal profligacy