The El Paso Times reports that last week, Mayor Oscar Leeser hosted a familiarization tour for bond underwriters. El Paso
Category: Economic Development
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
Happy Days are Here Again!
Good news, El Paso. All that economic development we’ve been planning for is starting to pay off. According to this
Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.
Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from
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
The World is Changing
Here’s a video from 2011 telling us how the world was changing. But because it was made in 2011, it’s
What about that arena?
You are probably perplexed by the impetus to put a new arena downtown. What’s going on there? More than meets
It’s Time to Pick Up a New Hobby
Do you know what’s wrong with El Paso? If you think it’s no population growth, falling real wages, or one
Who Wants the Arena?
The City announced today that the new $180 million arena will be built in that cool historic neighborhood south of
Get ready. Dystopia is just around the corner.
Here’s some cheery news to put the upcoming weekend in perspective: According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The
Empty Meters
Lord knows I don’t want to tell anybody how to run their business. But . . . . The other
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
Brand El Paso, Again
If we want El Paso to gain any ground in the public’s perception, we all have to be pulling in
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
The Long Way Home
Brutus over at ElPasoSpeak.com posted some illuminating information yesterday. A developer intends to build a high rise hotel on land
This Just In: It’s Not All Good
In an uncharacteristic manifestation of candor, the El Paso Times today ran a story on property taxes. Let me say
Flashback: San Jerónimo: Laboratory of Our Future
In light of current developments, maybe it’s time to revisit this post, which originally appeared on El Chuqueño on July