From last week’s El Paso Inc.: [B]uilding the arena within 1,000 feet of the El Paso Convention Center would allow
Category: City Council
The City wants to run the CRRMA. What could possibly go wrong?
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? The mayor and the City Council said Monday they will
Jim Tolbert’s Hamilton Moment
by Reesa Turner I confronted my acquaintance, Jim Tolbert at the Castner Range Forever event, in the 10 minutes or
The Definition of “Ancillary”
From our good friends at Google: adjective: ancillary providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization,
Arena-gate: Another lie?
This weekend the El Paso Inc. ran a story about the City’s newest volley in the fight over the arena.
The Lost Emails: Day 4
I got up early this morning, while the rest of the house was asleep, and booted up my laptop, as
Is your City Representative lying to you?
As I wiped the sleep from my eyes this morning, I fully expected to see those damning emails in today’s
A New Development in the Rail Yard Controversy
Here’s a twist. According to KVIA: El Paso city Rep. Cortney Niland charged today that the Union Pacific Railroad is
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
City Council: “If we’d known the truth, we probably would have chosen the rail yard.”
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? A majority of City Council members told the El Paso
Save Union Plaza
Our public officials are kicking poor people out of their homes so rich people can watch events from luxury suites.
Location, Location, Relocation
The City of El Paso has promised to relocate residents living in the neighborhood in which the downtown arena will
The High Cost of Top-Down Gentrification
Here’s a killer story from Chucopedia by Moncia Krause about the neighbors who live in the footprint and the shadow
Texas Hold ’em
Local politics is like Texas Hold ’em. The players won’t show you all their cards, so you look at what’s
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
Don’t Buy Your Season Tickets Just Yet
Our City Council on Tuesday past voted unanimously to approve the site of the downtown arena, even if it required
Common Wisdom
This is a partial text of a public comment made by Steve Strumer to El Paso City Council on 18
Today’s Civics Lesson
I learned yesterday that the City’s values are Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, and People. I learned that because they were
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