Those poor little rich folk. They can’t go to dive bars, or downtown Juarez. They’ll never know the joys of
Category: ballpark
John Stossel on Stadiums
On the occasion of Super Bowl LIII, John Stossel reminds us. Watch this video on YouTube Fortunately, we’re smarter than
“The True Cost of Corruption”
Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an
Maybe They’re Sick
When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been
Open Government
According to Wikipedia, Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents
Retrovision: About Those Quality of Life Projects
This article originally appeared on 19 April 2018, but let me say it again. Advocates of the Quality of Life
Hope In One Hand . . .
Here’s an article a reader alerted me to, which pretty much sums up the City’s position: Hope is a psychological
A Public Obscenity
I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for
Bloomberg on Publicly Funded Stadiums
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
What If Their Plan Doesn’t Work?
What if they’re doing it wrong? What if their plans for economic development are based on false assumptions? What if
The Bubble
We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us
Uh Oh, Here’s Bad News
See that up there is a screen shot I grabbed off of KVIA’s website. The Hunt Family Foundation is advertising
Susie Byrd on the Ballpark
There was this story from KVIA about the ballpark: It is year five for the El Paso Chihuahuas, and we
About Those Quality of Life Projects
Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on
We’re Number 2! (For Now)
Fort Worth has slightly higher property tax rates than El Paso. For now. According to SmartAsset.com (killer website name), the
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars
Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,
Death and Taxes
Here’s a chart I lifted from a presentation the City’s Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations gave to City Council
Our Local Public Private Partnerships
Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The City is looking to develop luxury apartments on
Seth Godin on Arenas
Seth Godin today talks about cities building stadiums in a column titled The Super Bowl is for Losers. So why