El Pasoans will select six City Council Representatives and a Mayor in the General Election taking place on November 5.
Category: City Council
The Problem with the City Manager Candidates
The horses are in the gates for the selection of the next City Manager. From ElPasoMatters.com: Four high-ranking city officials
More of What You Should Expect
From the El Paso Times: Once again bucking the will of a chorus of El Paso residents, the El Paso
What Did You Expect?
From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot
Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class
Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone
Impact Fees, Developers, and Politics
From KVIA.com: El Paso Water and the City of El Paso are discussing potential changes to impact fees, which homebuilders
The Arena Saga
I am tired of writing about the ongoing swindle that local governments keep trying to pull on us. I’m talking
About the New Venue
Y’all ain’t playin’ the long game. Some people (you know who you are) want to derail the proposed hybrid, inside-outside
A Homegrown City Manager?
Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.
More From Joyce
Here’s another email that disgraced former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser: Since the 2012 Quality of
“I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”
That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving?
“Department of Public Health Concerns”
The following guest column was submitted anonymously, but I thought it was an entertaining (and concerning, if it’s true) read.
Inflation, Chucostyle
Did you get a gas bill this month? Was it about twice as high as last month’s? Ouch. Have you
Diesel Exhaust is Toxic
From TheEngineer.co.UK: But even when governments were promoting diesel cars, we knew there were issues with toxic emissions (those immediately
Planning for a Static State
According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, El Paso’s population was 674,588. In 2022, our population was 677,456. Since
Proposition C
From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate
City Auditor Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against the City of El Paso
The Grift That Keeps on Grifting From KVIA.com: El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the
Today’s Dumpster Pic
When El Chuqueño talks, people listen. Or maybe not.
El Paso Has a Dumpster Problem
I live by El Paso High. The official name of the subdivision is Alexander Heights, but no one calls it
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
From the dead tree edition of the El Paso Inc.: Two years after it was rezoned from farm/ranch land to