To What Ends?
Here’s the latest on the Tax Increment Refinancing Zone below Transmountain that the City is trying to ram through, from
Sunday Matinee: Maigret in Montmarte
Here, for your viewing entertainment, is teevee movie. Looks pretty decent, so far. Watch this video on YouTube Check it
Rich Wright for District 8
I’m launching my campaign for City Council next Thursday, May 24, at 5:30 at Happy’s, in that new retail center
More To Love
Check out this piece in the Washington Post, part of their You’re Going Where? series. I forgot my passport, but
Tax Breaks for the Rich
Did you see this story on KVIA? El Paso City Council is considering establishing a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)
The Global Garbage Glut
An alert reader sent me this story from the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. recycling industry is breaking down. Prices
Susie Byrd on the Ballpark
There was this story from KVIA about the ballpark: It is year five for the El Paso Chihuahuas, and we
Not John Cook
El Chuqueño does not endorse political candidates (though there’s this one candidate for District 8 that the editorial board is
The Wolf Lodge Water Park TIRZ
This came out of the supporting materials for Tuesday’s City Council Meeting agenda, Item 16.2: On December 19, 2017, the
Sunday Matinee: The Scar
Here’s a classic film noir that reinforces the adage that crime doesn’t pay. Watch this video on YouTube The cinematography,
Protest Your Property Tax Valuation
There are lots of reasons that some people don’t protest their property tax valuations. Some people like the idea of
The Shame of the City
Today is trash day in my neighborhood Barrio Heights. Last night, as I was falling to sleep, I realized that
I’ve Got A (Conspiracy) Theory
Some conspiracy theories are a load of hooey, but people making deals out of the public eye are standard operating
Mo’ Taxes
The City offered up their newly minted Chief Financial Officer to defend our sky high tax rates. Here’s David Crowder
Quality of Life is . . .
Quality of life is having friends over for dinner. A ten minute daily commute. Sunset in the desert. A chile
Making Sense About Cohen Stadium
Look, I don’t want to ruin the political discourse at City Hall by introducing things like common sense and logic,
Still Lives: La Mesa, New Mexico
Photographs by Richard Baron / Stories by John Mulhouse From 2011 to 2013, Richard Baron traveled throughout New Mexico photographing
About That NE Water Park
What’s it for? To make El Paso more attractive to the Army big brass? Or for El Pasoans. I don’t
Sunday Matinee: Angels Over Broadway
Here’s a 1940 film noir caper flick starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Rita Hayworth, and it doesn’t get much better
Retrovision: El Paso: A Metaphor
This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. Things haven’t improved since then. El Paso is like that really nice