Downtown is covered by Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #5. You remember those TIRZs. Here’s what the Texas Comptroller says about
Author: elrichiboy
Sunday Matinee: Johnny Cash in Five Minutes to Live
“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” And that’s pretty much the only reason to watch this 1961 rockabilly film noir. With some
Sorry About That From the Dysfunction Faction
Hey, District 6 Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez says that some faction is trying to “cause dysfunction in City Government.” Well,
Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound
Here’s a 1945 classic, starring Ingrid Berman and Gregory Peck. Hitchcock’s cameo comes about 43 minutes in. He emerges from
Sunday Matinee: Beat the Devil
Here’s a great movie with a great pedigree. Humphrey Bogart. Jennifer Jones. Gina Lollobrigida. Peter Lorre. Robert Morley. Directed by
Toro Torito Torote
Tonight, Friday the 21st, in Juarez there’s another life-and-death barbaric spectacle taking place. Actually, several, probably. But I’m talking about
A Bad Omen
This from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: After nearly six decades in operation, including many years as the only
Weather Report
If the year has seemed unusually dry to you, it’s only because it has been. According to this graph from
Cops Gone Wild!
I just came from a City Council meeting where I saw Jud Burgess get violently arrested. Jud was upset after
Sunday Matinee: Garden of Evil
Here’s a pretty good Gary Cooper Western, with Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward, a little Rita Moreno, and Mexican actor Victor
The “Arena” Looms Large
This week the El Paso Inc. tries to demonstrate that El Pasoans knew all along that the Multi Purpose Performing
Sunday Matinee: The Wake of the Red Witch
Here’s a John Wayne movie you’ve never seen. The Wake of the Red Witch features John Wayne as a sea
Rat Park and Addiction
What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We are largely a country of loners. Isolated, by
Open Government
According to Wikipedia, Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents
The Quiller Memorandum
Here’s a decent cold war era spy film, loaded with deceit and betrayal and Nazis and British agents. Watch this
The Mayor On Wikipedia
Did you know that Mayor Margo has a Wikipedia page? It’s a little sparse. Maybe you could make some edits.
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
As if to illustrate my point, my good friend Chuco Geek had this to say about my most recent article
Now, or Later?
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. El Paso used to be a growing city. From 2010 to 2012, El
The Quest for Continuity
Remember? They told us that hiring City Managers for ten years would provide “continuity.” The problem is compounded by our
“Market Value”
Today the County Commissioners are giving themselves a four percent raise. Here’s how Precinct 4 Commissioner Andrew Haggerty justified the