You’ve read that Steve Ortega has moved to quash his deposition, and the attempt to sift his emails relating to
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City Slogans
Here’s an article from the Atlantic on new city slogans for 2011. Even the worst is better than It’s All
Some Thoughts on the Royal Succession
There’s been a lot of chatter about Joyce Wilson’s resignation announcement this week. Here’s how I read it. With Ms.
Documenting San Antonio’s Barrio Gang History
At a time when train tracks separate much of the West Side from downtown, when many of the streets were
Rich People Just Care Less
Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them. These metaphors for
Love and Poison
My wife really loves me. Even though we fight a lot, yesterday I was feeling a little hungover, and she
Am I drunk again, or am I still drunk?
Let’s dredge up a quote from Saturday’s story in El Paso’s English language daily: MountainStar said it wants to have
What the $10 million announcement really meant
I’m just speculating here. But I think the truth lies behind this statement, as quoted from the El Paso Times:
Monday Morning’s Quarterback
It’s easy to get mad when the ballpark costs leap another ten million dollars. It’s easy to point fingers when
Sales are Down
I’ve been out of town for a couple nearly four months, and lately when I venture out in El Paso,
More Email Drama
There’s this story in the El Paso Times about the City Attorney trying to quash a demand for depositions from
A Solution in Search of a Problem
There’s an interesting story by David Crowder in this week’s El Paso Inc. It seems that the City proposed an
Stop the bleeding
This morning the El Paso Times noticed that property taxes in El Paso are escalating at an undesirable rate. Not
The Last Great Place
They’re aren’t a lot of decent public spaces left for the common man. If you squint, the future looks
It’s All Better
I got a couple of reports from the meeting last Thursday of the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau Strategic
Why It’s Not All Good
Tomorrow the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau Strategic Communication Task Force will meet at the Convention Center to discuss
Caro Quintero and the Border Patrol
Two curious and apparently unrelated news stories are eerily inversely similar. In one, a Mexican judge ordered the release of
Things about Uruguay
Uruguay is slightly smaller that the state of Washington. It almost never freezes in Uruguay. Uruguay’s highest point is Cerro
Guatitas a la Española
I got invited to a futbol club social gathering the other night. Dinner was involved. Chilenos eat late. Oh good,