Did you take the City of El Paso’s budget survey? It was called Chime In!, and it was available on
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The Subscription Economy
Here’s a sobering piece I found on Medium.com: For years, banks and ultra-elites (bankrolled by years of money-printing, corporate socialism,
You Are Paying the Highest Residential Property Tax Rate in the United States
Today the El Paso City Council is voting to issue another $96 million in Certificates of Obligation. Certificates of Obligation
Ongoing Problems With El Paso Children’s Hospital
This just in, from the El Paso Inc.: Troubles may be mounting for El Paso Children’s Hospital, which saw its
Happy Independence Day, Comrade
Today is the Fourth of July. Independence Day. Today is the day we celebrate our nation’s freedoms. The United States
El Paso One of the Most Affordable Cities For Home Buyers
Did you miss this story from KTSM.com? The housing market has been booming this year, but the price of real
What’s Wrong With El Paso
One time a guy called me up. I took a meeting with him at the Mexican Cottage. He was a
Where Were the Popo?
Did you read about those three alleged hoodlums who were arrested a couple of weeks ago for a fight in
How Your City Representative Voted on Certificate of Obligation Debt
Max Grossman did the heavy lifting and went back to research how our elected representatives voted on various issuances of
Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
La Feria on Avenida Juarez
There’s a big push to make Avenida Juarez an international tourist destination again. Never mind the big border security apparatus
Insatiable Greed
Wealth and income inequality is a big problem. Remember Supply Side Economics? From Wikipedia: In 1981, Reagan significantly reduced the
More Good News From the Folks Running the City
Good news, everybody. I know you’ve been worried about those investors from JP Morgan Chase. You know, the ones behind
The Children’s Hospital Lawsuit
Here’s a story about the El Paso Children’s Hospital, headlined Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old’s Death –
Losing Faith In Our Institutions, Part 2
Truth, Justice, and the American Way. These days, asking if truth and justice are the American way is a legitimate
Losing Faith In Our Institutions
Here’s a story from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that posits pretty conclusively that COVID originated in a lab
Remember Jane Shang?
After Deputy City Manager Jane Shang left El Paso City Government with eleven months paid leave that made her eligible
There She Is
From the Whispers column is this week’s El Paso Inc.: Look for an announcement this week from the El Paso
Gerrymander El Paso
Here’s a link to the City of El Paso’s map of the City’s Representative districts. It’s a hash. One can
A Cure for Covid?
Living on the edge of three states and two countries makes you appreciate the arbitrary vagaries of legislative jurisdictions. In