What’s Good for the Goose
Popular Italian tenor Max Grossman sent me an email this week that contained this interesting information: The Mayor of El
Retrovision: The Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan: A Critique
This post originally appeared on 03 June 2015. How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. —
Clank Clank Clank Went the Trolley
The El Paso Times reported yesterday on the City’s streetcar debacle. Sun Metro officials are looking for ways to boost
The Day the Secret Service Killed the President
Accidentally, of course. Here’s a documentary that posits that President Kennedy was killed by a new Secret Service agent, and
Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.
This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso Inc. about how great DWNTWN is doing. Property
Speaking of Tortillas
Did you remember that the Rib Hut on Mesa has $1.50 burritos on Saturdays? You can pick up a dozen
Mmm good!
I haven’t tasted these tortillas yet, but they smell delicious.
Surprise, Surprise!
You know, the City used to justify municipal extravagance with the rationalization that we need to swing our tax base
Retrovision: What’s Wrong With El Paso
This post originally appeared on 27 August 2012, shortly after man harnessed fire and before the invention of the wheel.
EPEC’s Falling Bond Rating
Another story from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Electric has been placed on review for downgrade by one of
Survey Says . . .
Okay, fans, here’s a survey about the city being conducted by a UTEP student who asked us to participate. It’s
Smells Fishy
The El Paso Inc. this week came out with this enticing story: An El Paso businessman has commissioned an independent
Unintended Consequences
Sometime in the murky past, the City moved the date of local elections to coincide with state and national elections.
Clueless in El Chuco
An alert reader forwarded me District 8 City Representative Cissy Lizarraga’s latest newsletter. Rep. Lizarraga is proud to tell her
Brother, Can You Spare a Billion Bucks?
This November, the City of El Paso will ask its taxpayers to approve a $940 million bond. From CBS4Local.com: “At
Chime the F Off
From today’s print version of the El Paso Times: City staff said 2,200 El Pasoans participated in a community-wide survey
Quality of Life
What makes for a good quality of life? I may be shallow, but my Quality of Life is improved when
Sunday Matinee: John Doe: Vigilante
Here’s a story about revenge, kind of like Charles Bronson’s Death Wish. Those folks in Australia sure do talk funny.
“Assessment Limits”
Sharp-eyed El Pasophiles will have noticed that El Paso came in both first and second place in homestead property tax
WSJ On Tax Incentives: A Race to the Bottom
Here’s a story from last week’s Wall Street Journal about using tax incentives to lure businesses: Concerns have mounted in