The City Manager protects his team. Even when they’re wrong. So if one of his Deputy City Managers decides to
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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
Disinformation
Maybe you saw this op-ed in the El Paso Times this weekend: We are proud El Paso residents, but it
Where Does The Money Grow?
The Capital Improvements portion of the adopted FY 2019 budget is $198,758,086. Where does it come from? From the budget
Feds Close the Bridge
U.S. Customs agents closed the Bridge of the Americas, aka the Free Bridge, this morning. Apparently the closure was related
Hide The Pickle
The City is up to something. They’re redoing their website. Here’s what it looks like this morning: Look at that
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
You probably saw this op-ed in the Times, where former mayor John Cook and ex-City Manager Joyce Wilson defend their