Bad news for the Quality of Life Bond advocates. You got sold a pig in a poke. Remember when they
Category: Economic Development
The Murky Future Revealed
You may recall that the City of El Paso is scrambling to make up a $3.5 million dollar shortfall in
Guess What. The Developers Have Been Screwing Us.
Here’s some brilliant insight from an informed observer who was sitting at the table when El Paso residential property owners
Mission Accomplished!
Well, the numbers are in, and the ballpark is a huge success. Attendance records have been broken, businesses are swarming
Our Budget Deficit
By now you’ve heard that El Paso is facing a $3.5 million deficit, and City Council will probably raise property
Those Pesky Secret Emails
In order to understand the content of those secret emails that we’re never going to see, I consulted my trusty
Our Troubles are Over
Good news for those of you who were worried about El Paso’s economic development: The Borderplex Alliance is proposing a
El Paso’s Chief Debt Enabler Resigns, Takes Job in “Private Sector”
The City’s Chief Financial Officer and debt enabler has tendered her resignation, according to this article in El Paso’s English
The Sixty-Four Dollar Question
This week’s Question and Answer session in the El Paso Inc. is an interview with Patrick Schaefer, Executive Director of
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Well, just like I predicted, the El Paso City Council has offered the job of City Manager to former Irving,
Is it trickle down economics if someone’s peeing on your leg?
More good news for the people who are responsible for El Paso’s economic development, the Borderplex Alliance. Business is booming
A Strategic Plan for Downtown Development
Here’s how you hyper-vitalize downtown El Paso, and develop its reputation as the coolest city in the Southwest: Buy the
More on Dwntwn
By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about the Downtown Management District shenanigans. To recap quickly,
Dwntwn, Fast and Furious
There’s an interesting story by David Crowder in today’s El Paso Inc. Here’s much of the story, as related in
Promoting Downtown El Paso
Promoting higher population densities in the urban core is a good thing. Higher population densities, and better public transportation, yield
Conundrum El Paso
Plan El Paso is the City’s general blueprint for “the built environment.” The Plan adopts the principles of New Urbanism,
Am I drunk again, or am I still drunk?
Let’s dredge up a quote from Saturday’s story in El Paso’s English language daily: MountainStar said it wants to have
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Isn’t anyone from Mountain Star Sports Group interested in a little crisis management? Don’t they realize that they’re hemorrhaging? Today
Crazy Joe Muench
Two recent columns by El Paso Times’ Joe Muench question the straw men opposing progress in El Paso. Here’s one,
How El Paso (and Juarez) Are Different Than Chicago
I was born in Chicago. I don’t remember it well. I was young at the time. There was a time,