Not too long ago, the local machine said we should be like Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure. Now
Category: Brand El Paso
City of El Paso: Values
According to the Employee Handbook for the City of El Paso, the city’s values are: Integrity Respect Excellence Accountability People
#Highland Park Episode 2
Here’s the second episode from #Highland Park, that web series about gentrification in El Lay. #HighlandPark – Episode 2: Basketball
#Highland Park
Here’s the pilot for a series out of El Lay about Chicanos in a neighborhood called Highland Park. Which brings
The Truth About Duranguito
Those politicians sitting in chambers at City Hall would like you to believe that their hearts grew three sizes one
Another Perspective by John G. Dungan
Frequent commenter John G. Dungan sent this in to remind us of our history. The constant push from City Council
What people watch
Here’s an interesting article from the New York Times, delineating the most popular teevee shows in different markets. In El
Is it brain drain or a diaspora?
Former El Pasoan Mark Mendel is a big player on a small wing of the world stage. From Torrent Freak:
The Definition of “Ancillary”
From our good friends at Google: adjective: ancillary providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization,
The Summer of ’69
A conscious reader alerted me to this piece on MSN.com: When Michael Lightbourn agreed to look at an old hot
El Paso: A Metaphor
This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. Things haven’t improved since then. El Paso is like that really nice
Futbol Chuco-style
Here’s a piece from the New York Times with an El Paso dateline. It talks about the choice American futbol
Bikers Arrested, Y Que?
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? It’s the next chapter, and maybe the culmination, of a
Selling the Intangibles
The El Paso Times reports that last week, Mayor Oscar Leeser hosted a familiarization tour for bond underwriters. El Paso
Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.
Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from
Contrabandistas
Here’s the latest news from the El Paso Times, dateline June 16, 1924: With only three shells, Threepersons grabbed Jara,
Tomorrow is the City Council Meeting About that Stupid Arena
The downtown arena is stupid. We don’t need it. We never needed it. And our elected officials aren’t telling us
What about that arena?
You are probably perplexed by the impetus to put a new arena downtown. What’s going on there? More than meets
Get ready. Dystopia is just around the corner.
Here’s some cheery news to put the upcoming weekend in perspective: According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The
Make El Paso Great Again
What do we want from El Paso? If you say industry to alleviate the homeowners’ tax burden, I’m not buying