From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long
Category: The Arena
How Owners of Professional Sports Teams Dodge Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from ProPublica.com about how the owners of professional sports teams escape income taxes: The IRS has
Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class
Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone
The Arena Saga
I am tired of writing about the ongoing swindle that local governments keep trying to pull on us. I’m talking
Why We Can’t Build an Arena in the Rail Yard by City Hall
Seems like the perfect location, right? Big. Mostly vacant. Downtown. But Union Pacific won’t deal with the City. Why not?
About the New Venue
Y’all ain’t playin’ the long game. Some people (you know who you are) want to derail the proposed hybrid, inside-outside
A Homegrown City Manager?
Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.
More From Joyce
Here’s another email that disgraced former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser: Since the 2012 Quality of
Revisiting the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Promotion
Debbie Nathan was a local hero. She’s still a hero, but she’s not local anymore. Ms. Nathan is an accomplished
What Joyce Said
Here’s the email that former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser last week: Even though I’ve been
“I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”
That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving?
Joyce Speaks! (Updated*)
Did you see this opinion piece by former City Manager Joyce Wilson at ElPasoMatters.com? This is why political leadership is
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ACCEPT LEGAL AGREEMENT TO END ARENA LITIGATION!
by Max Grossman I am pleased to report that after today’s three-hour executive session, the City Council voted 6-0 to
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
Robert Reich — “The Stadium Scam”
Robert Reich takes on the billionaires in this piece on his website. Ever notice how there never seems to be
Economic Development for the Few
Some of those arena advocates act like it’s our patriotic duty to support downtown development. “Economic development,” they say. “Fortune
About the Arena
Advocates say we need the arena as an engine of economic development. That’s not how economic development works. If you
The Latest Outrage
From CBS4Local: As CBS4’s John Purvis reported in a Tough Questions Special Report last week, the federal government’s planned expansion
The Arena
Building a $180 miilion arena in Duranguito was a bad idea 10 years ago, and it’s a bad idea now,
El Paso is Unique
El Paso is as culturally unique as New Orleans, or San Francisco, or Key West. There is no place in