by Rich Wright From Page 3 of the City’s El Paso Uptown+Downtown Citywide Market Analysis Appendix: From the fine print:
Category: City Management
Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development
This post originally appeared on 06 June 2013. This post has been slightly edited. As an El Pasoan, I appreciate
City Settles Taser Death Lawsuit for $600,000
Did I ever tell you that the El Paso Police Department is taser happy? Here’s more of the latest evidence,
CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION
by Max Grossman Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two
You Are Still Paying for the Great Wolf Lodge Fiasco
by Rick Bonart While Council investigates trivial gas card infractions, millions of public dollars are being wasted. Left unchecked, these
The Best Charter Amendment That Didn’t Pass
It was Proposition A: “Should section 3.1 of the City Charter, relating to creation, composition; powers and duties of Council
EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ
by Max Grossman Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going
The City’s U-Matter Program
by Rich Wright You Are Not the You in U-Matter KVIA continues its block busting reporting with more information of
The Poor Quality of Local Media
by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez
Arrogance
If you look at the Census Bureau estimates for El Paso’s population, the inflection point was 2012. It didn’t turn
CITY POPULATION DECLINES ANOTHER 1,000 INHABITANTS SINCE LAST YEAR
by Max Grossman The American Community Survey (ACS) of the Census Bureau has revealed that as of July 2022, the
CITY AUDITOR PRESSURED TO ALTER HIS REPORT ON CITY GAS CARDS!
by Max Grossman In its reporting on the City gas card scandal, KVIA has reminded our community why it is
Adam Smith on Politics in El Paso
by Rich Wright From The Wealth of Nations: “To hurt in any degree the interest of any one order of
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both
DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS
by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives
Cassandra Hernandez and Gasgate
Last night I got this email from Max Grossman: The Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) will be meeting tomorrow
Buried in Debt
I lifted this image from the FY2023 City of El Paso Budget Book: You’ll notice that this year we payed
My Take: About the City’s New Bond Rating
by Rich Wright I get it. If you can believe everything the City is telling us (always a dubious proposition),
Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City
by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency
“Adios, Amigos”
El Paso’s population growth continues to stagnate, according to this report in ElPasoMatters.org: El Paso County’s population grew by fewer