Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per
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El Paso’s Alternate Universe
Every week, there’s a surprising new story in the El Paso Inc. This week the frontpage story is headlined Montecillo
About El Chuqueño
I’m not against change. Change is the natural state of the universe. Change is as inevitable as gravity. Or friction.
That Explains It.
The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to
The American Dream Index
Here’s an article from Forbes that rates the 50 states according to the future and viability of their middle class.
Downtown Update
Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t
Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.
El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is
Then Let’s Build an Arena
By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium
Can’t we go back to the drawing board?
Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau
Hasta la Vista, Baby
The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are
Tickets, Please
Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the
There’s One Born Every Minute
The El Paso Times reports today that the El Paso Electric Company is introducing a solar energy plan. El Paso
The Con
Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The
Downtown Living Tour
The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money
It’s Almost Funny
Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In
Juarez: A Comprehensive Briefing
Here’s an article from Business Insider that provides a pretty complete review and update on the violence in Juarez. If
Representative Noe is a Hypocrite
God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read
Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes
The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a
Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101
This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by
The Cristalero War
They’re killing people in Juarez. On Monday they hung a banner off a bridge. The full text of the banner