Deck plaza advocate Tracy Yellen had this to say in a recent guest column in the El Paso Times: A
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The Myth of the Trickle Down Economy
From Business Insider India: Inequality has remained persistently high for decades, and a new report shows just how stark the
The Deck Park and the Health Costs of More Traffic
Here’s an op-ed from Morten Naess in the El Paso Times: As a retired Sierra Medical Center emergency room physician,
Quality of Life Much?
Here’s a heartbreaking story from the El Paso Times. I am reprinting it in its entirety. This holiday season, the
Fooling Pete Buttigieg
Vic Kolenc covers the downtown freeway deck park in this story from the El Paso Times: A project to build
I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe
I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the freeway, and increasing the traffic coming
David Romo vs. Adair Margo
From Adair Margo’s guest column in the El Paso Times: Since 2016, a falsehood has been spread nationwide about El
Max For the Win!
Recently, “Former First Lady” Adair Margo wrote a guest column for the El Paso Times. Since 2016, a falsehood has
Are We Finally Getting Good Government?
Or is it a trick? From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council met Tuesday to once again discuss whether seek to
Amateurs From Kalamazoo
From a Time.com article, titled Two Rich Men Decided to Fund a Failing City. Some People Say They Made It
What Do You Want From City Government?
The types at City Hall think City Government should be a growth industry. So do the people that benefit from
Retrovision: Chime the Eff Up
This post originally appeared on 12 July 2021. Did you take the City of El Paso’s budget survey? It was
City Spin
ElPasoMatters.com has A Q&A with Joe Pickett on his upcoming run for City Council, in which City City spokesperson Laura
What’s Next? After Voters Reject Albuquerque Soccer Stadium Bond
From Albuquerque’s channel 13, KRQE.com: After voters soundly rejected the idea of a publicly financed soccer stadium, New Mexico United
The Worms Turn
Did you see this item from Monday’s City Council Work Session agenda? Discussion and action on the development of cost
Asia’s El Chapo
Here’s a story from Toronto Life that sheds some light on Mexico’s criminal operations. Triads or the mafia or biker
Redistricting Update – City Council Cheats Again
KTSM tells us that the City is inviting the public to attend, either virtually or in person, the meetings of
Death By a Thousand Cuts
The word on the street is that University Medical Center will open a new hospital on the east side. The
Blame It On the Firemen
And the cops. That’s what other cities have done when their fiscal profligacy has run their finances into a ditch.
Scorched Earth
Way back in 2014, when I was trying to figure out the twisted logic of the City’s plans, I wrote