Retrovision: Make El Paso Great Again
This article originally appeared on 2017 March 30. Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that
Mayor Margo’s Press Conference
Last week City Manager Tommy Gonzalez gave an interview to CBS4Local. Judging by the page hits and comments, y’all enjoyed
The Legendary Barry Martin
If you live in El Paso and you don’t know who Barry Martin is, you don’t own a guitar, and
Bar Wars
I went to City Council last week to watch the Veto Theater. Chambers was packed with bar owners and employees
Why You’re Fat
The Atlantic weighs in on some surprising reasons why it was easier to be skinny in the 80s than it
Jobs Report
Bob Moore reports, via his El Paso Matters twitter feed, that the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that things in
Political Theater
Yesterday City Council overrode Mayor Margo’s veto, allowing the city to raise tax rates for the third year in a
Tommy Gonzalez Is Pissed Off
Here’s what City Manager Tommy Gonzalez said in an interview with CBS4Local: Gonzalez also listed iFly and Top Golf as
The Cost of Living Well
Apparently our elected officials of the County Commissioners Court are giving themselves about a twenty percent raise next year. This
F is for Forget About it
This just in, from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is the only public school district
The Business of Government
I lifted some slides from City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ presentation on the water parks to City Council. Like this one:
Passing the Buck
KVIA reports that Mayor Dee Margo vetoed the tax increase that City Council approved. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo on
Instagramable
This is the newest hip marker in Juarez, on the east end of the pedestrian mall on dieciseis, a block
Trench Warfare
Those nice people at the Texas Department of Transportation are considering widening the freeway in Downtown El Paso, eliminating lots
Revelation
They said it was about Economic Development. They said that once we built those Quality of Life projects, companies would
Does He, or Doesn’t he?
There has been some speculation lately about Mayor Margo’s motives for endorsing some of his political positions. An ethics complaint
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