This was one of El Chuqueño’s first posts. It originally appeared on 28 August 2012. I like El Paso. What
Category: ballpark
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
The El Paso Times ran an advertisement for article about the upcoming Chihuahuas baseball season in the print edition today.
TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined
Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when you are reading this) TEDx El Paso is
Downtown in the Age of COVID
Making downtown vibrant was always a tough task. COVID made it harder. Sealed office buildings where the windows don’t open?
Quality of Life Much?
Here’s a heartbreaking story from the El Paso Times. I am reprinting it in its entirety. This holiday season, the
I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe
I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the freeway, and increasing the traffic coming
Life Choices
Did you go to college? Have you/are you raising kids? Have you ever had a job? Can you imagine doing
Consider the Deck Park
The latest push from the people who want to build a deck over the freeway is connectivity. Connect those neighborhoods
He’s a Witch!
From a September 5, 2021 article by Sara Sanchez in the El Paso Inc.: A multimillion-dollar project that includes rebuilding
It’s Always Darkest Before It Gets Lots Darker
Here’s Tommy Gonzalez’ contribution to that story from the El Paso Times headlined El Paso’s property tax rate is among
Rich People’s Hobbies
Some rich people collect art. Some collect racehorses. Some collect cars. In El Paso, some rich people collect professional sports
Happy Independence Day, Comrade
Today is the Fourth of July. Independence Day. Today is the day we celebrate our nation’s freedoms. The United States
How Your City Representative Voted on Certificate of Obligation Debt
Max Grossman did the heavy lifting and went back to research how our elected representatives voted on various issuances of
Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
The Filthy Lucre is Really Filthy
I don’t like to use my cards. My debit cards represent money in the bank, literally. With my sporadic income,
The View From the Top
Lookie here. I took that photo from in front of the main gate, on Santa Fe, of the ballpark. See
Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.
This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
For petty revenge, give your best frenemy a dog. Or, better yet, give it to their daughter. Make it a
Retrovision: Our Local Public Private Partnerships
This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The
What’s Wrong With the Ballpark
The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest