When El Chuqueño talks, people listen. Or maybe not.
Author: Rich Wright
El Paso Has a Dumpster Problem
I live by El Paso High. The official name of the subdivision is Alexander Heights, but no one calls it
El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle
An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication Highway Boondoggles 8: Doubling Down on
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
From the dead tree edition of the El Paso Inc.: Two years after it was rezoned from farm/ranch land to
The Teflon Donna
You read that the effort to recall District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez failed to get the 4,000+ signatures it would
El hermano mayor.
Check out this promotional video for Torre Centinela: No, it’s not a sci-fi movie about a near future dystopia. That
The Sacred Cows
by Rich Wright Every election year you hear it. “Is this the best we can do?” For president, we’ve got
The New Chief
by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: Peter Pacillas was named the permanent chief of the El Paso Police Department after a
Bait and Switch
by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the
Us and Them
The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve.
Cartels at the Border
Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland
What Do Our County Commissioners Do For Us Anyway?
For that matter, what all do they do? Sure, the county runs the courts (some of them) and the jail.
Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission
by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep.
HOME Nuestra Señora Apartments Shaping Up
by Rich Wright HOME (the Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises, nee the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso) is
Joe Pickett for Strong Mayor!?!
Did you see this piece on CBS4Local.com last week? [S]ince 2004, El Paso has had a “strong city manager system,”
El Paso’s Population Soars to 700,698 In 2021* [Updated]
by Rich Wright From Page 3 of the City’s El Paso Uptown+Downtown Citywide Market Analysis Appendix: From the fine print:
The Brady List
From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso Police Department announced the arrests of five of its officers in connection with three separate
Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development
This post originally appeared on 06 June 2013. This post has been slightly edited. As an El Pasoan, I appreciate
City Settles Taser Death Lawsuit for $600,000
Did I ever tell you that the El Paso Police Department is taser happy? Here’s more of the latest evidence,
Rightsizing El Paso’s Government
by Rich Wright When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It’s time to acknowledge that the Borderplex Alliance’s plan for