Here’s an abstract of a scholarly article from the Journal of Urban Affairs. The title of the paper is “Downtown
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I Love El Paso
El Paso is a great town. The people are friendly and unpretentious. The weather’s good, mostly. The sunsets are often
The Money Quote
After I posted that article yesterday, about El Paso’s low salaries, I was reminded that I left out the best
All I Want is Good Government
That’s all I want. Government responsive to the needs of its citizens. All its citizens. Not just the campaign donors.
Surprise! We’re Poor!
According to this story in the El Paso Inc., jobs in El Paso pay only 72 percent of the national
Sunday Matinee: The Card
In America, this 1952 movie was released as The Promoter. It features a 38 year-old Alec Guinness as Edward Henry
Blame the Boomers
Here’s an interesting hypothesis: The country is in it’s sorry state because the Baby Boomers are sociopaths. Even before the
Why They Need an Arena
Here’s some interesting history to go with the prior post about eight million dollars a year that the El Paso
Sunday Matinee: Zachariah
Here’s a rock and roll, “electric” western “comedy” from 1971, featuring Country Joe and the Fish, the James Gang, Don
The CBC on the Mennonite Connection
Here’s a show from the Canadian news program The Fifth Estate about our friendly neighbors to the south, the Mennonites,
Did You Feel That?
Was it a change in the weather, or is that what it feels like when the worm turns? Things are
MountainStar Sports Group Soccer Survey
MountainStar contracted with a sports marketing management consulting company to conduct a survey to gauge El Paso’s interest in their
Better Bike Sharing
LimeBike recently raised $50 million in its second round of capital funding to expand its operations in the U.S. The
Bloomberg on Jaime Bermúdez
Here’s a story from Bloomberg News on the Godfather of Maquilas, juarense Jaime Bermúdez. In Ciudad Juárez, along the U.S.-Mexico
Sunday Matinee: Puppet on a Chain
Here’s a 1971 movie based on an Alistair Maclean novel. The story takes a cop from the U.S. to Amsterdam
The Good . . .
Ready One, nee the National Company for the Employment of the Disabled, the enterprise that former CEO Bob Jones drove
The Bad . . .
El Paso made a couple more lists this week. We’re number nine on the list of fastest warming cities, according
The Ugly
Finally, this weekend the El Paso Times ran a guest column bylined by our beloved mayor. Here’s a piece of
Billares El Cid
Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income and opportunity, the present is not equally distributed. In Mexico, the
The Local Economy Is Doing Great. Except Structurally.
Good news, everybody. The local economy is doing great. From the El Paso Inc.: What if someone said the U.S.