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Economic Indicators
The El Paso Times reports that the Fallas Department Store in DWNTWN is closing: One of Downtown El Paso’s largest

Rent a Bullring
Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros

Retrovision – The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey
This post originally appeared on 13 December 2021. The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct

Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan
This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso,

More Good News From EPISD
From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% —

The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us
By Kent Paterson Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the

San Antonio’s Development Problems
From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family

“Towards an American Union”
by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose

Place Your Bets
District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story

Evaluating Our Priorities
They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From

Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso
Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he

People Don’t Like Tommy Gonzalez
At least the taxpayers don’t like him. He’s been here since 2014, and I haven’t met anyone who tells me

Now That’s a Clean River
Good news, everybody. From a May 6, 2022, story on ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso Water completed cleanup on the Rio Grande this

Retrovision – El Paso, a Metaphor
This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend

Another Salvo in the War on Taxpayers
The City of El Paso, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports group are waging a class war

“Justicia Fronteriza Denounces Extension of Tommy Gonzalez’ Contract”
The following is a Press Release from Justicia Fronteriza: Justicia Fronteriza PAC is extremely disappointed, but not surprised that a

“City Manager’s Contract Extension is Not Sound Governance”
The following is a press release from the Community First Coalition of El Paso: The El Paso City Council’s action

Stockholm Syndrome?
Did you see the latest edition of ABC-7 Xtra? I have to wonder what our City Council members are thinking.