Former City Manager and current Chair of the Steering Committee of the Borderplex Alliance Joyce Wilson would like you to
Category: Politics
Poor Joyce
It was a lot of responsibility to unilaterally saddle El Paso taxpayers with debt from the ballpark, and now those
Payback? Ha!
In my next life, I want top come back as a member of El Paso’s Ruling Class. It’s as much
Just the facts, ma’am.
Has the local economy ever performed worse? Household income in El Paso is going down. Wages are among the lowest
It’s Only (Your) Money
Remember when the machine was pitching those Quality of Life bonds? Some of us were afraid that all that new
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
According to this story in the El Paso Times, County Commissioner David Stout has nominated former City of El Paso
“Why Tax Rates Matter More Than Incentives”
Here’s an excellent article that explains why lower property tax rates are more important than economic incentives for attracting new
You Decide
Well, here’s how it is. Household income in El Paso is going down. Wages are among the lowest in the
The Robber Barons versus the Citizens of El Paso
One time, (okay, more than once), I accused the Big Money in El Paso of foisting all those Quality of
It’s Only Money
According to this story in El Diario, the City of El Paso has hired attorneys to defend the City against
The Shooting of Daniel Saenz
Today is the third anniversary of the day when El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz
Cross Border Shootings
Here’s a story from the New York Times Magazine reviewing the shooting of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, a sixteen-year-old boy
And they all lived happily ever after.
Let me tell you how the City Manager Tommy Gonzalez saga is going to end. The City will buy Mr.
It depends on who you are
Remember just a few short years ago, when City Council was circumventing state law to award El Paso a Triple
An Acceptable Level of Risk?
If you want to know what it’s like to live in a police state, try walking through the Segundo Barrio
Deliver us from idiots.
Let me get this straight. To highlight his message on immigration, the Pope will visit the actual border (presumably, the
A hundred years ago . . .
I was in Ciudad Chihuahua, in a bar in a restaurant close to the Hotel Victoria. I was delivering the
Don’t Blame Bob
Lots of people blame El Paso Times Editor Bob Moore for a perceived slant to the coverage in our English
Mildly Interesting
This is the new sculpture they’ve erected in Juarez. It replaces the sculpture of an angel that some people thought