At El Chuqueño we try to get you the straight dope about the hippest happenings in the Mexoplex, and this
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Cultivate from the El Paso Community Foundation
From the EPCF: Please save the date for our next Cultivate Forum on local food systems and sustainability. Thursday, January
Adios, Call Centers
Here’s a story from the New Yorker (via Molly Malloy’s Frontera List) that should throw a shadow on the graves
Now We Want to be San Diego
Not too long ago, the local machine said we should be like Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure. Now
Eat Chile, Live Longer
That title means just what it says. From LiveScience.com: Firing up the flavors in your food may help you live
Economic Impact
What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy. A downtown arena, or the value of the
City of El Paso: Values
According to the Employee Handbook for the City of El Paso, the city’s values are: Integrity Respect Excellence Accountability People
Crowder on the Arena
This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled
Private Letter Rulings from the Comptroller
If you want to know if your project qualifies for some arcane tax credit, you ask the Texas Comptroller for
The Joker in the Deck
Who wins if we build an arena? Obviously whichever firm is selected to build it. (Maybe we can just give
#Highland Park Episode 2
Here’s the second episode from #Highland Park, that web series about gentrification in El Lay. #HighlandPark – Episode 2: Basketball
Brujeria at Tricky Falls on Sunday
I am not a fan of heavy metal. I don’t like the headbanging. I don’t like the distorted vocals. I
3 Cheap Bars
Over the last two years, the peso has lost about a third of its value. Yesterday it was trading at
Let’s be reasonable.
I don’t really blame the local multi-millionaires for buying City Council. I blame City Council for letting them. Money gives
The Empire Strikes Back!
That really harshes my mellow.
#Highland Park
Here’s the pilot for a series out of El Lay about Chicanos in a neighborhood called Highland Park. Which brings
An Arena? Really?
Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The
Journalism Intern Opportunity
Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? Me neither. There are different ways to get to be a journalist.
Plasma Sword: A Trailer for a Local Film
Can the movie be as good as this trailer featuring all our local heroes? PLASMA SWORD from Roberto Urrea on
Breaking News: Cortney Won’t Run for Mayor
The word on the street is that District 8 Representative Cortney Niland was considering a run for mayor. She just