With all the struggling musicians in El Paso, I have to wonder why I don’t see more buskers. Last week
Category: Brand El Paso
It’s Open Season on Handcuffed Prisoners
None of you have forgotten the horrific “accidental death” of handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz when he was shot by El
Don’t forget to write.
I was muddling around the World Wide Web the other day and I came across this disturbing graphic from the
Credit Where Credit is Due
We built this city on rock and roll.
We’re on the wrong side of the future.
The biggest major at UTEP is Criminal Justice. Because law enforcement and corrections are the biggest employers in El Paso.
What were you thinking?
All those QoL projects are stupid. I think that none of them will significantly improve anyone’s real Quality of Life,
Now It’s Just a Matter of Time
Well, we’ve got bars and hotels. Triple A ball. A nice park in the middle of downtown. Pokemon Go. Big
Property Taxes are Like Global Warming
Our local media like to tell you how much a property tax increase is going to cost you. But your
People also vote with their feet.
According to this estimate provided by the City of El Paso, El Paso County population was 833,487 in 2014. For
It’s Almost Good.
El Paso is beautiful. The mountains. The sky. My wife. (That’s not her in the mural.) And the art. Especially
There’s nothing wrong with El Paso . . .
that can’t be fixed with higher taxes and bigger government bureaucracies. Am I right?
But It’s Dry Heat
Remember this post from the Orbitz Travel Blog, picked up here by the Huffington Post. It’s titled 8 Places With
Actions, and sometimes even just expressing opinions, have consequences.
Not here. In Seattle. From the website mynorthwest.com: President of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Ron Smith says he will
Population Statistics: An Inconvenient Truth
I’m sure you’ve heard the news: It’s All Good. But that trite homily hides an ugly truth. For the year
We’re Number 1!
I guess you saw the U.S. News and World Report report that had El Paso rated as the ninth best
Number 9?
According to this evaluation from U.S. News and World Report, El Paso ranks ninth in the nation for Qualify of
About the Orlando Photo Op
DavidK makes a lively point here, on his RefusetheJuice blog, about the gathering of elected officials after the Orlando shooting.
Authentico?
Do you think the Downtown Management District appreciates the irony of their new tagline “Authentico”? Auténtico would have been more
Abandon Hope
Well, they’re looking at it. The last regime drove the City into a ditch, and current crop are looking to
Paradise Lost and Found Revisited
I was going to write a post about how things change (or not) but as I did some research I