This dumpster is on Cliff, between Ochoa and Florence. El Paso Disposal has been better lately. They’ve been emptying the
Author: Rich Wright
Pollution at the Bridge of the Americas
Commercial traffic on the Bridge of the Americas is contributing a lot of pollution to the surrounding neighborhood, and there’s
Planning for a Static State
According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, El Paso’s population was 674,588. In 2022, our population was 677,456. Since
Bringing Home the Bacon
With Representative Veronica Escobar, El Paso has something El Paso hasn’t had before: a Congressperson who is landing her district
Proposition C
From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate
That Whistleblower Lawsuit
‘member that City of El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo (Mundo!) Calderon filed that Whistleblower lawsuit against former City Manager
City Auditor Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against the City of El Paso
The Grift That Keeps on Grifting From KVIA.com: El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the
Today’s Dumpster Pic
When El Chuqueño talks, people listen. Or maybe not.
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.