Our local government was way ahead of Mr. Trump. They were lying before he even started his campaign. Somehow our
Category: Economic Development
About Those QoL Bonds: A Retrospective
Let’s put it in perspective. In 2012, El Paso was enjoying a singular moment. Fort Bliss was benefitting from Bass
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
1 + 1 = Infinity
It occurred to me as I was walking home from Monarch right now that I missed the obvious conclusion of
Those Poor Dears
God bless our city’s business leaders. This is from a story in this weeks’s El Paso Inc.: “The reason the
Is It Trickle Down Economics, or Are You Peeing On My Leg?
There is no group of citizens in less need of government support than the leisure class. But those are the
The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per
El Paso’s Alternate Universe
Every week, there’s a surprising new story in the El Paso Inc. This week the frontpage story is headlined Montecillo
What’s it for, anyway?
I still have some questions about that Multipurpose Performing Arts Center. Like where and when to build it. I know
That Explains It.
The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to
The American Dream Index
Here’s an article from Forbes that rates the 50 states according to the future and viability of their middle class.
Make El Paso Great Again
Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that the hubris of misguided city officials, at the
Downtown Update
Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t
Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.
El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is
Then Let’s Build an Arena
By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium
The Con
Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The
Downtown Living Tour
The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money
Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101
This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by
Rancho El Paso
Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a modern, dynamic city, but really we’re just a
The Problem With Economic Growth
The problem with using Economic Growth as a rationale for building the arena is that the arena isn’t creating any