By spending $161.3 million. From KVIA: El Paso City Council Tuesday authorized the City to borrow $161.3 million for street,
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John Oliver on Stadiums
Here’s John Oliver on Last Week Tonight talking about publicly funded stadiums (and arenas). Watch this video on YouTube El
Our Dirty Little Secret
Imma let you in on a little secret. In El Paso, we don’t get the best and brightest. Look, for
Comedy Council
From KVIA, here’s Representative Henry Rivera, addressing the leak of a draft of City Manager Tommy “Great Wolf” Gonzalez’ new
The Big Question: Why?
Y’all probably heard this story from NPR the other day: The Malheur Enterprise was founded in 1909, and, like many
El Paso vs. Phoenix: An Economic Development History
Our recent municipal expenses are based on the (secret) idea that Phoenix outpaced El Paso in economic development since 1950
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Today is an inflection point in the evolution of El Paso. Today, voters in the state either will or won’t
The City’s War Against Poor People
City Council has turned public policy into a war against poor people. Which is weird, because El Paso is poor.
“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
The Long (and Painful) Goodbye
I’ve got this new theory that explains the machinations of City Government. Let me try it out on you. I
Stockholm Syndrome
Today, City Council decided to give the farm to Great Wolf Resorts, in the form of swathes of land, obscene
The Great Wolf Swindle
The City must have stayed up late figuring out how to swindle the taxpayers with that new Great Wolf Lodge.
Trolley Follies
No matter how you feel about the trolley conceptually, you have to admit that the execution has been disappointing. There
An Old Canard, Revived
Here’s an entertaining post from District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez, hyping the benefits of the Children’s Museum. Which is curious,
More Trolley News
Brutus from over there at ElPasoSpeak.com advises his readers that City Council is proposing a new ordinance restricting parking along
Clunk Clunk
In a report that will surprise no one, tripnet.org informs us that the roads in El Paso are some of
Future El Paso
Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in
From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”
If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind
Sorry About That From the Dysfunction Faction
Hey, District 6 Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez says that some faction is trying to “cause dysfunction in City Government.” Well,
Those Gratuitous TIRZs
The City of El Paso is going out of its way to develop some land on the fringe of the