You know, downtown El Paso is blighted by vacant lots. Prime real estate. Vacant lots. I was thinking, what those
Author: elrichiboy
Crossing Over
Do you need a passport to come back from Mexico? Longtime Juarez day-tripper Tom doesn’t think so. “I never bring
Is he just baiting me?
Noted helicopter blogger David K had this to say in a recent column about the new ordinance the City is
Well, that’s a surprise
The owners of the blog site Building San Jacinto Plaza have shut it down. Now we’ll never know.
Monarch (It’s Comfortable!)
Are you still officing out of Starbucks? You should fold up your portfolio and move it over to Monarch. Monarch
Hot Potato
Here’s a story problem in political calculus: If you were elected to public office, and the previous administration had incurred
The Chicano Mexican-American Hispanic Cultural Museum
What we don’t need is another museum downtown that gets as much traffic as a mausoleum. How about, instead of
Managing the Public Image
Here’s a report that Mexico paid Sony big bucks not to cast our southern neighbor in a negative, though perhaps
Would you let your daughter date a guy like that?
Imagine if our local government were a person. Would you want that person for a friend? Would you trust that
The Downtown Paradox
The buildings all sell for millions of dollars, but you can rent them for hundreds. Everybody’s holding out for the
NASA Scientist Says California Has One Year of Water Left
Here’s an Op-Ed from the LA Times, in which a NASA scientist claims that the Golden State is running dry.
The Wall Street Journal on Public Money for Professional Sports Stadiums
You guys may have missed the story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal titled “Pro Stadiums, Public Money.” It’s behind a
Why you should get a passport
Forget, for a moment, that you live on an international border, and that going to Juarez is probably the most
Caballo Blanco Ultra Cancelled, a victim of progress
Last weekend organizers cancelled an ultra-marathon in the Copper Canyon shortly before it was scheduled to start. You can read
Hornswoggled again?
You’d think that our local newspapers would be a bit leery of the propaganda coming out of the City by
Beating Climate Change, Desertification, and World Hunger
Here’s a TED talk that tackles all the most significant crises threatening our survival on the planet, founded in uncommon
Devitalizing Downtown
Here’s the latest narrative spin: River Oaks demolished a cluster of five decaying buildings on the property last year over
Bill Proposed to Legalize Marijuana in Texas
According to this report: In Texas, a conservative lawmaker filed a bill to completely deregulate marijuana in the Lone Star
What, exactly, would go in an Hispanic cultural center?
A ’66 Impala lowrider? Folklorico dancers? A Gaspar Enriquez mural? Zoot suits? A diorama depicting the origin of the Barrio
Life in the USA
Here’s something you don’t see every day. A guy getting set up by a local law enforcement and a compliant