Sometimes, when me and my friends are passing around the plastic flask of Old Forrester, the conversation turns to the
Category: Taxes
Paul Foster Likes the Arena
The El Paso Inc. ran a story about the restoration of the Plaza Hotel this weekend. That renovation was undertaken
City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas
Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are running away from El Paso like it’s on
No Pro Sports in the Arena?
Didn’t you think that the proposed downtown arena was for professional sports? Wasn’t there a lot of talk about an
City To Give $2.4 Million in Cash to Fund Downtown Apartments
From the El Paso Times: Downtown El Paso’s slow-to-grow housing market is getting a new addition when a 13-story office
MCAD, Parks, and Libraries to Merge?
That’s the latest rumor to emanate from the bowels of City Hall. According to the rumor, the City of El
The City Can’t Stop Lying
Here’s a Steve Jobs quote: A players hire A players, but B players hire C players and C players hire
Time to Pay Your Property Taxes Again
It’s that time again. Your property taxes are due without penalty by January 31. The riches are shuffling and refinancing
Does She Have a Problem With Math, or the Truth?
I came across this press release from the City from back when iFly announced their move into Monticello. The City’s
Wealth Inequality is Driving El Paso’s Housing Bubble
El Paso house prices are rising, abetted, perhaps, by the Central Appraisal District’s increase in valuations. But is the tail
Topeka’s Looking Pretty Good
Some cities are paying people to move to them. From the New York Times: Add Topeka, Kan., to the growing
El Hermano Mayor
This just in, from CNN: The Department of Homeland Security wants to be able to use facial-recognition technology to identify
El Paso’s PDNG Hangover
Y’all remember the Paso del Norte Group. Back in the aughts, they were going to launch El Paso’s renaissance. They
How El Paso Lost the Election
I don’t know it you noticed, but the citizens of El Paso lost that election the other day. The City
“A Streetcar Named Quagmire”
From the Wall Street Journal: St. Louis business leaders looking to boost tourism and development spent years bringing the Loop
Does Tommy G Know El Paso?
Do you reckon City Manager Tommy Gonzalez has ever been to the east side? Has he ever had a beer
The Case Against Gentrification
El Paso City Government, and the multimillionaires driving the truck, are intent on forcing top-down gentrification on the city. Here’s
Misplaced Priorities
Tomorrow City Council will vote to give $45 million cash to Great Wolf Resorts to build a Great Wolf Lodge
Vote No. Vote Now.
The police and fireman’s unions are going to go big to the polls. They want new stations and Lazy Boy
Catching Up on Deferred Maintenance
Tommy G has been City Manager for about seven years. Don’t you think that some of this deferred maintenance that