Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from
Category: Downtown
Downtown Diary: The Last One
Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of
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
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
Make El Paso Great Again
What do we want from El Paso? If you say industry to alleviate the homeowners’ tax burden, I’m not buying
Where are the buskers?
With all the struggling musicians in El Paso, I have to wonder why I don’t see more buskers. Last week
Credit Where Credit is Due
We built this city on rock and roll.
What were you thinking?
All those QoL projects are stupid. I think that none of them will significantly improve anyone’s real Quality of Life,
Now It’s Just a Matter of Time
Well, we’ve got bars and hotels. Triple A ball. A nice park in the middle of downtown. Pokemon Go. Big
Blank Range with Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls
Blank Range opens for Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears on Friday, August 26, at Tricky Falls. Tickets are
Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls
Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears play Friday at Tricky Falls. Tickets are $13 in advance.
Where are we going?
I spent the weekend in Marfa. Marfa is like the Disneyland version of West Texas, like Main Street USA. Plenty
Free Wifi in Downtown
According to this story in El Diario, visitors to downtown will soon enjoy free wifi: La avenida Juárez contará con
Mark Lucas for District 4
Here’s an opinion piece in the El Paso Times from Northeast El Paso resident Mark Lucas. I’m concerned about City
Authentico?
Do you think the Downtown Management District appreciates the irony of their new tagline “Authentico”? Auténtico would have been more
Abandon Hope
Well, they’re looking at it. The last regime drove the City into a ditch, and current crop are looking to
It’s Only (Your) Money
Remember when the Pope visited Juarez last February. The Diario reveals today that it cost the City of El Paso
War of the Worlds
In this week’s news, the City is considering jacking the parking rates at metered spots during events. The city is
Paradise Lost and Found Revisited
I was going to write a post about how things change (or not) but as I did some research I