Bread and Taxes
Right now I’m making bread. I’m at the part of the bread-making process where a lump of dough sits in
City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
Too Small to be a Village, Not Large Enough to be a Town On Highway 55, about 40 miles south
“Mayor Sitting on Ethics Revisions”
That’s the front page headline of the El Paso Inc. this weekend. Here’s what it says: Members of the city’s
Sunday Matinee: Pushover (1954)
This classic features Fred MacMurray as a cop lured over to the dark side by the lovely Kim Novak, in
RIP Chalo
Seminal punk rock drummer and El Paso native Charlie Quintana passed away last week in Cancun, Mexico. From the Los
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Times Change
Lookie here. That chart at the top of this article shows the difference in taxable property values from 1999 to
Sunday Matinee: Framed
This 1947 Glenn Ford film finds our hero in the clutches of a beautiful barmaid who has him figured for
How Are Your Chiles Doing?
Most of my pequin survived the winter (wasn’t it brutal this year?), but so far the habaneros show no signs
Dale Watson Leaving Austin For Memphis
From the Texas Standard: “I make a good living,” Watson says. “But the city has really made it hard to
Murderer of UTEP Grad Faces Life in Prison
Remember that engineer who was shot and killed in a bar in Kansas last year? It looks like the guy
Stuart Blaugrund Drills Downtown
Here’s a letter to the El Paso Times from the lawyer who challenged the Downtown Plan back in the day.
This Guy Got Beat Up By the (Alleged) Kern Place Dog-Killer
That’s Mark Boykin, the proprieter of Mark’s Cantina. Three years ago Mr. Boykin accused his next door neighbor, Carlos Fernandez,
Lie Back and Enjoy It
Some of my friends think that Woody Hunt was suggesting that the proposed arena should be reconsidered when he said
About That Arena
Remember that poll about the arena that KVIA did? Only 26% of the residents of El Paso County who were
Retrovision: The Master Plan
I was going to write about the soccer stadium, but I realized that I already did. This post originally appeared
Sunday Matinee: Farewell My Lovely
Robert Mitchum is one of the Hollywood stars I would have most like to share a bottle of tequila with.
Those poor dears. They try so hard.
This is the sidewalk on Cincinnati Street. You remember. The City just spent money to make it nice. They put
City of Dust: Cedarvale, New Mexico
No Rattlesnakes/No Pinto Beans Let’s stay in central New Mexico for one more post and add yet another piece to
Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars
Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,