Here’s a cool two hour video that covers the history of Mexico, mostly the first half of the twentieth century.
Category: Slider
Migration analysis from Robert Moore
Aspiring journalist Robert Moore recently reported on El Paso’s stagnant population growth for Borderzine, UTEP’s online magazIne for aspiring journalists.
Cissy, Puhleeze
An alert reader forwarded me the latest update from District 8 Representative Cissy Lizarraga. Serving the public is not easy;
What’s Going on With Lost Dog?
Today the El Paso City Council had a meeting to discuss their response to the Lost Dog election. Early voting
Retrovision: Taking a Ride
This article originally appeared on 21 November 2016. How long do you think the trolley will run every day? How
The Organization Before the Community
The City Manager protects his team. Even when they’re wrong. So if one of his Deputy City Managers decides to
You’re Out!
Here’s an article from Reason that describes the plights of three cities who paid for ballparks. “Any normal business person
Teddy Roosevelt in Juarez
Lookie what I found. Isn’t that our future 26th president enjoying a cigar as he plays roulette at the Monte
The Effects of Corruption
Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in this interview with the El Paso Inc. Scholarly
Corruption: The Short Version
The City of El Paso is trading 2,313 acres adjacent to the golf course in Northeast El Paso to Paul
Smells Like Corruption
If the people who run the El Paso City Government are not totally corrupt, they’re grossly incompetent. Take that Great
Who Dropped the Soap?
Here’s another informative piece from Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times, headlined El Paso Water board breaks land-sale drought
Widening the I-10 Trench
Did you see this op-ed in the El Paso Times by Sito Negron? You may have heard about the I-10
The Chamber of Commerce is a Good Dog
Our friends at the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the ones who heartily endorsed every project that has inflated your
“Introduction to Quality”
The El Paso Chamber of Commerce announced that on April 28, El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez will present a
Why The Streetcars Don’t Work
If you take Sun Metro from the Glory Road Transfer Center to the Downtown Transfer Center, the bus leaves every
El Paso Home Building Is At An Historical Low
From a story on Governing.com: In about 62 percent of the cities reviewed, 2018 permitting totals exceeded their averages over
Ex-Rep Heather Wilson
This week, UTEP announced, as the sole finalist to replace outgoing President Diana Natalicio, the former congresswoman from New Mexico
Six Years On
On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of
More Bull****t
Watch this video on YouTube Down below El Paso lies Juarez Mexico is different, like the travel folder says (Burt