Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars
Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,
Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy
Here’s a Hitchcock film that may have escaped your notice. Here’s the plot summary from IMDb: A serial murderer is
Golf Clubs
Perhaps you saw this story in the El Paso Times about the public golf courses in the city. El Paso’s
Driving Down the Road, Gazing in the Rearview Mirror
I get it. The billionaires are putting a lot of money into spiffing up downtown. And we better jump on
It’s All About the Spin
Did you see this story about El Paso’s newest Public Private Partnership? From the El Paso Times: Fivestars, a San
Quality of Life
If you found fifty bucks on the street, what would you do with it? Pay down your credit card debt?
The City of El Paso’s New Link Policy Has Nothing To Do With Municipal Golf Courses
Last week I created a link to the Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations’ presentation to City Council, which contained
Sunday Matinee: Detour
If this movie were any more noir, it would be a parody of itself. Here’s what IMDb had to say
City of Dust: Trouble in Mind
I’ve been listening to a lot of Janis Joplin lately because of a dead woman. She died in late middle-age
Death and Taxes
Here’s a chart I lifted from a presentation the City’s Interim Director of Municipal Financial Operations gave to City Council
Survey Says:
Did you see the results of this survey that KVIA did on putting the arena in Duranguito? ABC-7 recently conducted
Sunday Matinee: Patterns
Here’s a 1956 movie with a script written by Rod Serling. It’s about office politics, and naked capitalism. Watch this
All The News That May or May Not Exist
Did you see the latest dustup over there at EPISD? From KVIA: EPISD District 7 Trustee Mickey Loweree said she
Okay, I’m Running.
Friday I filed a Campaign Treasurers Appointment for a run to be the City Council Representative for District 8. That
Our Local Public Private Partnerships
Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The City is looking to develop luxury apartments on
DavidK vs. The El Paso Times
DavidK laments what he perceives as bias in the El Paso Times coverage of the local political scene, in this
Liquor Laws are for the Little People
The El Paso Inc. has a big write-up about Paul Foster’s renovation of the Plaza Hotel this week. The renovated
Happy Birthday, Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino would have been 100-years-old today. She was the first woman to direct a film-noir, The Hitch-hiker, which I
Sunday Matinee: Poolhall Junkies
Hey. Christopher Walken in a pool hustling movie. With Chazz Palmenteri and a little Rod Steiger. How bad could it
Seth Godin on Arenas
Seth Godin today talks about cities building stadiums in a column titled The Super Bowl is for Losers. So why