The word on the street is that the City is already buying land in Duranguito, and they’re offering “an obscene
Category: Downtown
Crowder on the Arena
This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled
Did We Take Our City Back?
You heard that yesterday City Council voted 4-2 to build the downtown arena anywhere but the Duranguito/Union Plaza neighborhood. There
Breaking News: Dogfight at City Hall
The celebrated decision to relocate the arena to the Civic Center site has met unexpected resistance from downtown real estate
Breaking News
I know reason and common sense have no place in local government, but I found out some things that I
What’s the Rush?
Why is City Council in such a hurry to build an arena? Well, City Council won’t tell us, so I
It’s All Good, But It’s Not OK(C)
There’s a lot of talk about how El Paso could be the next Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure.
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
Taking a Ride
How long do you think the trolley will run every day? How long, till, like the Wyler Aerial Tramway, it
I’ve got a pal in Kalamazoo
Did you hear about the philanthropists in Kalamazoo, Michigan? The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan recently approached two local philanthropists about
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
Mission Accomplished!
Take a look at this October 24 story from the El Paso Inc. Now that City Council has approved a
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
Location, Location, Relocation
The City of El Paso has promised to relocate residents living in the neighborhood in which the downtown arena will
Protesting That Stupid Arena
[Ho ho! I don’t know how to read a calendar! There’s a meeting today, and one NEXT Saturday. Not tomorrow.
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
Abdou Diary
by Hope Wright I’d like to tell you that I’ve puked in every bathroom in the Abdou Building. But that
Downtown Diary, the Last One: Part 2
Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of