The word in the smoke-filled back rooms of the the back alleys of the side streets of the halls of
Category: quality of life projects
Joel Is Right
There are lots of places where people can live and El Paso is one of them. Unfortunately for the El
If You Build It, Will They Come?
This, from KTSM: City Council approved a controversial proposal Tuesday to create a special taxing zone to spur development along
El Paso Grows By Four Tenths of One Percent
According to estimates just released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the City of El Paso grew by
Retrovision: More On Dwntwn
This article originally appeared on November 11, 2013. By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about
That Children’s Museum Will Be Free, Right?
Did you hear that the City of El Paso, along with some private investors, are going to build a Children’s
Mo’ Taxes
The City offered up their newly minted Chief Financial Officer to defend our sky high tax rates. Here’s David Crowder
We’re Number One!
No, not for some made up cost-of-living click bait. For taxes! Property tax rates for industrial properties, to be specific.
The Big Lie
The advocates for the City’s Quality of Life projects pretend that we need ballparks and arenas to spur economic development.
About Those Quality of Life Projects
Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on
Tales From the Morgue
From a May 10, 2012, article in the El Paso Times* written by Cindy Ramirez: The city’s November bond issue
The City’s Filmmaker Program
This from KVIA: The El Paso City Council voted to create a local Filmmaker Program. The city will award $30,000
We’re Number 2! (For Now)
Fort Worth has slightly higher property tax rates than El Paso. For now. According to SmartAsset.com (killer website name), the
Times Change
Lookie here. That chart at the top of this article shows the difference in taxable property values from 1999 to
Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars
Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,
Quality of Life
If you found fifty bucks on the street, what would you do with it? Pay down your credit card debt?
Stuart Blaugrund’s Column in the Times
Stuart Blaugrund “represented a group of Downtown business and property owners who successfully resisted the taking of their properties for
Looking Back
Look at this chart from Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations Robert Cortinas’ presentation last Tuesday: It shows the growth
Support For the Arena?
Those arena advocates are always quick to point out that the Quality of Life bond measure was supported by over
Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development
This is a lightly edited version of an article that originally appeared on 6 June 2013. Since then, very little