This article originally appeared on 15 December 2016. It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council
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A Public Obscenity
I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for
Deus Ex Machina Redux
When Representative Dr. Sam Morgan talked about Operational Security and him knowing things that we didn’t know, I hope he
The Mayor’s Missing Emails
From the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Mayor Dee Margo appears to have sidestepped the city’s public information rules and
The Easiest Thing To Do Is Not Care
City Council has shown a complete disregard for what many members of the community care about. They’ve made their decisions
What Is El Paso’s Comparative Advantage?
Development economists like to talk about an economy’s comparative advantage. Investopedia says this about Comparative Advantage: Comparative advantage is an
A Letter
Someone slipped this under the door of El Chuqueño World Headquarters last night. It appears to be a letter from
Bloomberg on Publicly Funded Stadiums
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
“The Sunk Cost Fallacy”
Here’s a piece from YouAreNotSoSmart.com on the Sunk Cost Fallacy, the idea that you’ve already invested so much in a
Mountain Biking Lost Dog
Here’s the City’s latest advertisement promoting some of the wonderful outdoor opportunities we can enjoy here in El Paso. No,
About the Lost Dog TIRZ
Here’s some informed speculation about TIRZ 12, the Lost Dog TIRZ. I think it has something to do with that
More Lies From Our Friends In City Government
Here’s the City’s Economic Development Director spinning the TIRZs: City Council voted to approve the creation of Tax Increment Reinvestment
A Better Site for the Mexican American Cultural Center
I think the City spends our money poorly. The City spends our money courting out-of-town businesses that compete with our
What Are We To Do?
You may ask yourself, “What are we going to do about the direction the City of El Paso is headed?”
It’s Class War
Here’s District 4 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez Brown, talking about City Council’s economic development initiatives to the Texas Standard: “You
Murmurs: El Paso Public Library = Chicano Memorial Museum
The word in the smoke-filled back rooms of the the back alleys of the side streets of the halls of
Joel Is Right
There are lots of places where people can live and El Paso is one of them. Unfortunately for the El
I Can Admit It When I Make a Mistake
The City can’t. Which is probably why they can’t stop making mistakes. If you’re going to pretend your mistake never
Looking Back to the Future
I’ve been chasing someone else’s disposable income my whole life. Before slinging drinks on the front lines of the service
What If Their Plan Doesn’t Work?
What if they’re doing it wrong? What if their plans for economic development are based on false assumptions? What if