If you want to know if your project qualifies for some arcane tax credit, you ask the Texas Comptroller for
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The Joker in the Deck
Who wins if we build an arena? Obviously whichever firm is selected to build it. (Maybe we can just give
3 Cheap Bars
Over the last two years, the peso has lost about a third of its value. Yesterday it was trading at
Let’s be reasonable.
I don’t really blame the local multi-millionaires for buying City Council. I blame City Council for letting them. Money gives
The Empire Strikes Back!
That really harshes my mellow.
An Arena? Really?
Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The
Journalism Intern Opportunity
Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? Me neither. There are different ways to get to be a journalist.
It’s getting deep.
In this Sunday’s El Paso Times, former Mayor John Cook says: But Cook said he is concerned that even combining
EPEC At It Again
The El Paso Times didn’t include this item in their online edition, but I found it anyway through a Google
It’s Election Time. Sort of.
We don’t vote till May. But now’s the time to get your shit together. We’re rushing headlong into the season
The Truth About Duranguito
Those politicians sitting in chambers at City Hall would like you to believe that their hearts grew three sizes one
Corruption at DHS
I’ve often wondered why the Juarez plaza is so hotly contested by Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations. I surmise that there’s
Time Flies
Man, 2016 just flew by. It seems that the older I get, the faster time flies by, unless I’m listening
Brutus Speaks!
Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak makes some good points with deeper implications, in this post titled EPISD bonds-story changes again.
Mexican Gas
Multiple news sources report that the average price for gasoline in Mexico will rise from 14 to 20 percent in
Make a Difference
People are wingeing all over my Facebook feed about this carrot-hybrid we elected to be president. Well, get used to
Our Economic Forecast
Good news, chuqueños. The foreboding sense of doom you’ve been feeling for the past several years is not a brain
Now we know who drives the truck.
I lifted this from the Paso del Sur’s Facebook page about their meeting with elected officials last Friday. For all
Tuesday Night Fights: Mr. Ann Morgan Lilly vs. Mrs. Mayor
Did you see this story about the husband of former City Representative Ann Morgan Lilly allegedly assaulting Mayor Oscar Leeser’s
Mexican Booze for the Holidays
Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or maybe you need some libations for the end of year celebration. Either