From El Paso’s English language almost daily: While El Paso has lots to be proud of — endless hiking in
Category: Welfare for the Rich
Bernie Sanders on the Military Budget
From TheGuardian.com: Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured
Big Entertainment Projects Are Bad for El Paso
They pitch these projects as drivers of economic development, but they stifle the monetization of local culture, and tax (literally)
“THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s office for sale?”
Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside,
Anti Onward Alameda Press Conference
On July 15,2022, I wrote about the Onward Alamedo project here. “The city has another project on the burner called
Corruption and the Decline of El Paso
Some people would have you believe that El Paso’s apogee was 1950, and we’ve been in steady decline ever since.
Impact Fees, Developers, and Politics
From KVIA.com: El Paso Water and the City of El Paso are discussing potential changes to impact fees, which homebuilders
Retrovision: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TIRZs*
*That the City doesn’t want you to know. This post originally appeared on 23 May 2018. What is a Tax
Who Runs El Paso Water?
by Rich Wright From the website of the City of El Paso: “The [Public Service Board] has complete management and
Adam Smith on Politics in El Paso
by Rich Wright From The Wealth of Nations: “To hurt in any degree the interest of any one order of
What do you get the man who has everything?
by Rich Wright How about a man made river? According to this story from the daily rag, El Paso Water
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both
DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS
by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives
The New Feudalism
Water rates are going up again, for the eighth year in a row. From the El Paso Times: El Paso
Economic Development for the Few
Some of those arena advocates act like it’s our patriotic duty to support downtown development. “Economic development,” they say. “Fortune
Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Share Our Values
The City can’t stop spending your money. Here’s a story from KFOXtv.com titled ‘We haven’t given up on Great Wolf
Another Salvo in the War on Taxpayers
The City of El Paso, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports group are waging a class war
Warren Buffett — The Rich Are Winning the Class War
He said it in a New York Times article back in 2006. “There’s class warfare, all right,” Mr. Buffett said,
Retrovision – The Big Lie
This post originally appeared on 23 April 2018. The advocates for the City’s Quality of Life projects pretend that we
El Paso’s Class War is Not Happenstance
In their recent opinion piece in the El Paso Times titled El Paso’s Resurgence is not Happenstance, State Representative Lina