You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La Fiesta used to be a
What Did You Expect?
From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot
How Owners of Professional Sports Teams Dodge Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from ProPublica.com about how the owners of professional sports teams escape income taxes: The IRS has
Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class
Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone
In Defense of the Rio Bosque Wetlands
by Vanessa Johnson The Chihuahua Desert is an ecological treasure; it is the largest and most biodiverse desert in the
Juárez Multimedia Art Show Connects Rivers, Borders and Healing
By Kent Paterson If you get a chance, you might saunter over to Ciudad Juárez to see the Somatica Terreste
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
El Paso’s Rio Bosque Wetlands Park threatened by unchecked forces of development.
This post was originally published on April 10, 2024 by ricklobello on the ILoveParks WordPress blog. In just a few
City of Dust: Mystery Photos
by John Mulhouse I was sent two vintage photos from unidentified locations by someone that wants to know where their
Sunland Park Déjà Vu: Water, Management Crisis and Community Protest
By Kent Paterson Momentous days riveted April in the southern New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and neighboring Santa
City of Dust: Cabezón, New Mexico
by John Mulhouse Beneath the Giant’s Head If you’re tooling around the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, one feature
The Arena Saga
I am tired of writing about the ongoing swindle that local governments keep trying to pull on us. I’m talking
Migrant Deaths Skyrocket in the El Paso Sector
Here’s a horrifying story from TheBorderChronicle.com that brings to light skyrocketing migrant deaths in and around El Paso. As safe
