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City Settles Taser Death Lawsuit for $600,000
Did I ever tell you that the El Paso Police Department is taser happy? Here’s more of the latest evidence,
Rightsizing El Paso’s Government
by Rich Wright When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It’s time to acknowledge that the Borderplex Alliance’s plan for
CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION
by Max Grossman Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two
You Are Still Paying for the Great Wolf Lodge Fiasco
by Rick Bonart While Council investigates trivial gas card infractions, millions of public dollars are being wasted. Left unchecked, these
Debbie Nathan on the PDNG and Plan El Paso
Lest We Forget Here’s a piece local hero Debbie Nathan wrote for Texas Monthly back in 2013. These days El
The El Paso Times Reports on the FOAC and Gassandragate
Maybe you didn’t see this story in the El Paso Times. The story was posted on ElPasoTimes.com on Friday, June
The Best Charter Amendment That Didn’t Pass
It was Proposition A: “Should section 3.1 of the City Charter, relating to creation, composition; powers and duties of Council
Who Runs El Paso Water?
by Rich Wright From the website of the City of El Paso: “The [Public Service Board] has complete management and
EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ
by Max Grossman Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going
The City’s U-Matter Program
by Rich Wright You Are Not the You in U-Matter KVIA continues its block busting reporting with more information of
The Poor Quality of Local Media
by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez
Arrogance
If you look at the Census Bureau estimates for El Paso’s population, the inflection point was 2012. It didn’t turn
CITY POPULATION DECLINES ANOTHER 1,000 INHABITANTS SINCE LAST YEAR
by Max Grossman The American Community Survey (ACS) of the Census Bureau has revealed that as of July 2022, the
CITY AUDITOR PRESSURED TO ALTER HIS REPORT ON CITY GAS CARDS!
by Max Grossman In its reporting on the City gas card scandal, KVIA has reminded our community why it is
Max Grossman: “VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF CITY GAS CARD USAGE SOON TO BE RELEASED”
by Max Grossman As we learned from Edmundo Calderon, Chief Internal Auditor of the City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former
Adam Smith on Politics in El Paso
by Rich Wright From The Wealth of Nations: “To hurt in any degree the interest of any one order of
What do you get the man who has everything?
by Rich Wright How about a man made river? According to this story from the daily rag, El Paso Water
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both
DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS
by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives