According to this story in the USAToday online (which an alert reader directed me to), El Paso was the ninth
Category: Brand El Paso
The Death of the American City
This story from Harper’s is about New York, but it’s the formula our city fathers are emulating. New York has
I Can Admit It When I Make a Mistake
The City can’t. Which is probably why they can’t stop making mistakes. If you’re going to pretend your mistake never
Looking Back to the Future
I’ve been chasing someone else’s disposable income my whole life. Before slinging drinks on the front lines of the service
Retrovision: A Failure in Branding
This article originally appeared on 24 August 2017. Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here
The Home of Predatory Capitalism
Here’s another killer essay about the decline of American civilization. A friend, recently, told me a very interesting and telling
The Bubble
We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us
The Shame of the City
Today is trash day in my neighborhood Barrio Heights. Last night, as I was falling to sleep, I realized that
The Population Box Score
Okay, sports fans, I know that some of you are trying to keep score at home, so here are some
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
It’s All In The Spin
Here’s the headline and lede of a story on KVIA: El Paso makes top 125 list of best places to
Dale Watson Leaving Austin For Memphis
From the Texas Standard: “I make a good living,” Watson says. “But the city has really made it hard to
Those poor dears. They try so hard.
This is the sidewalk on Cincinnati Street. You remember. The City just spent money to make it nice. They put
Quality of Life
If you found fifty bucks on the street, what would you do with it? Pay down your credit card debt?
The City of El Paso’s New Link Policy Has Nothing To Do With Municipal Golf Courses
Last week I created a link to the Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations’ presentation to City Council, which contained
Retrovision: An Arena? Really?
This article originally appeared on January 10, 2017. Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on
Retrovision: Regional Economic Development
This article originally appeared on 13 August 2015. The Borderplex Alliance, an entity dedicated to regional economic development, commissioned a
Will Tourism Save Us?
Besides call centers, the City of El Paso’s economic development policy seems to be solely focused on tourism as a
More Lies From Those Lying Liars
Another City Council meeting, another cubic yard of manure. From our English language daily: The city will issue an extra
Allocating Scarce Resources
Income is finite. That’s a hard concept to get your mind around, because income, in aggregate, is so large, and