It’s just not what it used to be. From CNN: Before 2001, Budweiser was the top-selling U.S. beer, but it
Author: elrichiboy
Tomorrow’s City Council Agenda
Tomorrow should be rip-roaring City Council meeting. City Council will vote tomorrow on an item limiting their own ability to
Sunday Matinee: Stiletto
Over the top characters drive this hyper-violent crime story based on a graphic novel. Watch this video on YouTube Check
Saturday Matinee: Guardians of the Night
It’s Men in Black. With vampires. In Moscow. http://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/district-attorney-will-not-file-charges-for-alleged-violation-of-open-meetings-act/687658317 Check it out, if you’ve got an hour and a half
Friday Short: The Space Between Us
Here’s a Dutch short that is supposed to closely resemble the movie The Shape of Water. Watch this video on
The 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Where is it? Here’s the Financial Reports page for City of El Paso’s Office of the Comptroller. The latest Comprehensive
Sunday Matinee: Street Kings
Here’s a Keanu Reeves movie about dirty cops. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.
Does This Sound Like El Paso?
From a 2009 El Paso Inc. interview with Woody Hunt: Q. How does corruption impact economic development? If the procurement
Retrovision: An Arena? Really?
This article originally appeared on January 10, 2017. Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on
Today’s English Lesson
Watch this video on YouTube It sounds like English, but they definitely dance in Italian.
All The News That Fits Our Agenda
Back in 2009, El Paso Inc. ran an interview titled Q and A with Woody Hunt The Real Cost of
Retrovision: Regional Economic Development
This article originally appeared on 13 August 2015. The Borderplex Alliance, an entity dedicated to regional economic development, commissioned a
“You Can’t Go Home Again”
From Thomas Wolfe’s novel about the time preceding the stock market crash of 1929: “But he spoke at length about
Conveniently Located Halfway Between Warsaw, Poland, and the Fiji Islands
I wasn’t able to attend yesterday’s special City Council meeting. So I didn’t get to witness the Hunt Institute for
Isn’t That Special
Today there’s a special meeting of City Council. I was hoping to attend, but life had other plans for me.
Sunday Matinee: The Butcher
Have you had your dose of over-the-top violence today? Here’s an Eric Roberts movie about a ex-boxer who has fallen
Ballpark Numbers Updated
An alert reader sent me this spreadsheet which shows the actual numbers for the ballpark. Four years in and we’re
Ballpark Numbers
Are you troubled by insomnia? Then I’ve got some ballpark numbers that should put you right to sleep. Because there
Will Tourism Save Us?
Besides call centers, the City of El Paso’s economic development policy seems to be solely focused on tourism as a
Sunday Matinee: Hammerhead (1968)
Remember 1968? Yeah, me neither. But I hear it was groovy. And here’s proof. Watch this video on YouTube Here’s