Nine years ago, powerful people in El Paso pushed the 2012 Quality of Life bonds. According to U.S. Census estimates,
Category: Quality of Life Projects
“Communities of Color”
In this video clipped from Tuesday’s City Council meeting, District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez accuses Mayor Oscar Leeser of discriminating
It’s Always Darkest Before It Gets Lots Darker
Here’s Tommy Gonzalez’ contribution to that story from the El Paso Times headlined El Paso’s property tax rate is among
Rich People’s Hobbies
Some rich people collect art. Some collect racehorses. Some collect cars. In El Paso, some rich people collect professional sports
Harvard Business Review on the The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Here’s an article from the HBR on better decision making. Have you continued with a project long after you should
More Lies From People Who Should Know Better
I read the El Paso Times so you won’t have to, and I’ve noticed a disturbing pattern. Every time the
Ongoing Problems With El Paso Children’s Hospital
This just in, from the El Paso Inc.: Troubles may be mounting for El Paso Children’s Hospital, which saw its
How Your City Representative Voted on Certificate of Obligation Debt
Max Grossman did the heavy lifting and went back to research how our elected representatives voted on various issuances of
Debt and Taxes
Is your City Council Representative concerned about your property tax burden? Mine isn’t. Back in 2019, she sent out a
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