People are leaving town. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that between 2012 and 2016, El Paso County only grew by
Category: Cost of Living
How Bad Are Things, Really?
We’re got a mayor who gets elected by promising to “hold the line on taxes,” and his first month in
Another Shoe Drops
Well, there it is. From the El Paso Times: El Paso County commissioners are looking at a preliminary general fund
What a Difference an Election Makes
The City is proposing raising taxes as high as it can without putting it to the citizens to vote on.
“Affordable Family Entertainment”
Remember when those nice people were pitching the ballpark as “affordable family entertainment”? Here’s Josh Hunt in an El Paso
Mo’ Money
Did you see this story on KVIA about Cohen Stadium? A windstorm damaged the shade canopy structure [at Cohen Stadium]
The Devitalization of Downtown
Look at that map. I’ve highlighted the ballpark, the civic center, and the proposed site for the arena. I’m guessing
The City Strikes Again!
I’m beginning to think that those Quality of Life bonds were nothing but a mammoth fraud. Look at this story
If You Oppose the Electric Rate Hike, You Hate Women
Remember when Mayor Oscar Leeser said that no woman deserves the kind of money that El Paso Electric CEO Mary
More Rate Increases
El Paso’s English language daily reports that Texas Gas, i.e., the gas company, want to raise its rates for the
The Rest of the World is Laughing at Us
Remember when we got that Whole Foods? How everyone was some people were excited about it? Leave it to El
He’s Such a Good Boy
Did you see Mayor Oscar Leeser’s column in the El Paso Times this weekend? It has not even been a
Desponchadora Rapidito
In Mexico, the three biggest industries are petroleum, public corruption, and desponchadoras. There are so many desponchadoras in Juarez that
Hasta la Vista, Baby
The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are
There’s One Born Every Minute
The El Paso Times reports today that the El Paso Electric Company is introducing a solar energy plan. El Paso
Who are the men behind the curtain?
There are some powerful forces supporting putting the arena in Duranguito. Weird, huh? Who wants the arena? Obviously no one
Lunch at the Buen Tiempo
A bottle of Indio — 25 pesos A shot of tequila artesanal — 20 pesos A bowl of albondigas soup
Well, it’s property tax season again.
Greetings, fellow citizens. If you own property in El Paso, you better get in line at the plasma donation center
Now We Want to be San Diego
Not too long ago, the local machine said we should be like Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure. Now
An Arena? Really?
Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The