In most communities, you would expect the Chamber of Commerce to oppose tax increases on businesses. Welcome to Bizarro-World, where
Category: Economic Development
News Flash: Carlos Slim is Not Coming to the Borderplex
You guys are dumber than a box of rocks. Sure, Carlos Slim is looking at the Mexoplex. And every other
What’s My Point?
Since 2012, El Paso’s population has only grown by 4,723. El Paso has the third highest property tax rates in
The Chamber’s War on Taxpayers
Did you see this story in this week’s El Paso Inc.? Historic preservationists are pressing ahead with a plan to
Hollywood is Dead! Long Live El Paso!
Hollywood is dead and they don’t even know it. At least that’s the premise of this story in Vanity Fair.
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
3 Big Lies About the Arena
That plan for the arena was based on three big lies (and a lot of little ones). To wit: 1)
Adios, Call Centers
Here’s a story from the New Yorker (via Molly Malloy’s Frontera List) that should throw a shadow on the graves
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
Economic Impact
What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy. A downtown arena, or the value of the
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
An Arena? Really?
Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The
It’s getting deep.
In this Sunday’s El Paso Times, former Mayor John Cook says: But Cook said he is concerned that even combining
EPEC At It Again
The El Paso Times didn’t include this item in their online edition, but I found it anyway through a Google
Another Perspective by John G. Dungan
Frequent commenter John G. Dungan sent this in to remind us of our history. The constant push from City Council
Our Economic Forecast
Good news, chuqueños. The foreboding sense of doom you’ve been feeling for the past several years is not a brain
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
Urban Revitalization, Winston-Salem Style
Here’s an article about Winston-Salem from Politico, from a series called What Works. The series is dedicated to exploring the
The City’s War on Small Business
God bless those nice people in city government. They are completely clueless. Here’s a letter to the editor of the