From Politico.com, here’s former presidential candidate Andrew Yang talking about the psychological effects of running for president: The historian Henry
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Something’s Rotten in Chucotown
Dr. Max Grossman and Brutus at El Paso Speak did the heavy lifting for this one. You remember the $413
Life Choices
Did you go to college? Have you/are you raising kids? Have you ever had a job? Can you imagine doing
“I Was Scared.”
Things are not going well for the City of El Paso in a deadly force lawsuit filed by the family
The Bamboozlers and the Bamboozled
An alert reader sent me to this story in New Mexico In Depth: Albuquerque voters will decide in November whether
El Paso’s Failed Economic Development
Remember when El Chuqueño speculated that the recent shakeup in the City’s Economic Development Department might be because the proposed
Where are the Whistleblowers?
When City Manager Tommy Gonzalez leaves office, he’ll float away on his golden parachute. The rest of the six-figure carpetbaggers
It’s Them Versus Us
On September 22, El Paso Matters published an article about a couple of federal judges rulings in court cases involving
The KFOX Report on Tommy Gonzalez’ Contract
Last night KFOX El Paso reported on El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ golden parachute. The report highlighted the separation
The Effects of Fiscal Profligacy
“Why do you keep hitting yourself in the head with that hammer?” “Because it feels so good when I stop.”
Consider the Deck Park
The latest push from the people who want to build a deck over the freeway is connectivity. Connect those neighborhoods
Justice For Chet
Today is the second anniversary of the day that blues drummer Chet Woodward was murdered at the streetcar stop by
Manufacturing Consent
Reality is subjective. That notion isn’t popular in the hard sciences, but anyone with a television or internet connection can
He’s a Witch!
From a September 5, 2021 article by Sara Sanchez in the El Paso Inc.: A multimillion-dollar project that includes rebuilding
The Exodus
Nine years ago, powerful people in El Paso pushed the 2012 Quality of Life bonds. According to U.S. Census estimates,
Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels
Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.
Their Strategy is Your Money
Here’s part of the City of El Paso’s Strategic Plan, which I lifted from their website. Look at 6.6. Does
Another One Bites the Dust
According to this article in the El Paso Times, some changes are taking place in the City of El Paso’s
“Communities of Color”
In this video clipped from Tuesday’s City Council meeting, District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez accuses Mayor Oscar Leeser of discriminating
They’re Just Wrong
During the debate about the Mayor’s veto yesterday District 1 Representative and reported candidate for Commissioners Court Peter Svarzbein said