A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the “Trolley Safety Meetings.” The meeting was in the auditorium
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Does Your City Council Representative Deserve A Raise?
To tell the truth, we don’t know. We can’t know. All the decisions are made out of the public eye.
Rat Park and Addiction
What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We are largely a country of loners. Isolated, by
Open Government
According to Wikipedia, Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
As if to illustrate my point, my good friend Chuco Geek had this to say about my most recent article
Cousin Lemp’s Whack-A-Mole Bad Habit
There’s this fallacy circulating that TIRZ 12 means that only the people who buy land up there on the mountain
Now, or Later?
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. El Paso used to be a growing city. From 2010 to 2012, El
The Quest for Continuity
Remember? They told us that hiring City Managers for ten years would provide “continuity.” The problem is compounded by our
“Hold The Line”
This from the El Paso Times this morning: The City Council rejected a utility sales tax on natural gas and
Reasonable People
I think reasonable people will agree that El Paso’s property taxes are too high. El Paso’s property tax rates are
Retrovision: Who’s Driving This Truck?
This article originally appeared on 15 December 2016. It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council
A Public Obscenity
I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for
Deus Ex Machina Redux
When Representative Dr. Sam Morgan talked about Operational Security and him knowing things that we didn’t know, I hope he
The Mayor’s Missing Emails
From the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Mayor Dee Margo appears to have sidestepped the city’s public information rules and
The Easiest Thing To Do Is Not Care
City Council has shown a complete disregard for what many members of the community care about. They’ve made their decisions
What Is El Paso’s Comparative Advantage?
Development economists like to talk about an economy’s comparative advantage. Investopedia says this about Comparative Advantage: Comparative advantage is an
A Letter
Someone slipped this under the door of El Chuqueño World Headquarters last night. It appears to be a letter from
Bloomberg on Publicly Funded Stadiums
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
“The Sunk Cost Fallacy”
Here’s a piece from YouAreNotSoSmart.com on the Sunk Cost Fallacy, the idea that you’ve already invested so much in a
Mountain Biking Lost Dog
Here’s the City’s latest advertisement promoting some of the wonderful outdoor opportunities we can enjoy here in El Paso. Watch