We’re Zigging When We Should Be Zagging
Our city leaders have been ostensibly pursuing strategies that lead to economic development. If that’s their real goal, then they’re
Alberto Halpern GoFundMe Account
As you know, Alberto “Beto” Halpern was seriously hurt in a car accident three days after his wedding and three
The Ouija Speaks!
My Ouija board says they’re all shook up in the halls of power around here. Not about the court’s decision
Maths
Let’s see. $66 million in Certificates of Obligation raises the average residential tax bill $50 a year. So issuing $180
Doña Ana County Jail Director Busted For Pot
Did you read that the Doña Ana County Jail Director got busted for pot? From the Las Cruces Sun Times:
The Beat Goes On
Did you read this weekend’s El Paso Inc.? It’s pretty good. Here’s the lede from one story: What began as
Sunday Matinee: Agent 505: Death Trap Beirut
Here’s one of those cartoonish James Bond secret agent knockoffs that I cut my milk teeth on. Watch this video
DavidK on the Local Democratic Primary
DavidK has an early analysis of the upcoming Escobar versus Fennenbock race for the Democrat nomination for Beto’s open Congressional
City of Dust: House, New Mexico
On the Edge of the Staked Plain The more I learn about the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain, the massive
Salud!
I’m standing at the bar in a 97-year-old cantina in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico. The whole bar is about fifteen feet
TopGolf Will Save Us
I’ve got a math problem for you. Don’t worry, we’re not giving grades, and we’re not asking for real numbers
Read My Lips
Did you vote for Dee Margo because he promised to “hold the line on taxes”? Psych! KVIA reports that our
What’s Your Speed?
Watch this video on YouTube I drove from El Paso down to Port Aransas in south Texas for some business
Three Years and Fifty Weeks To Go
You’ve probably heard that El Paso’s latest mayor doesn’t want to hear from the proles. Via the El Paso Times:
Duh.
Here’s the latest awareness from Homeland Security, via KVIA: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Friday that he told
City of Dust: Pep, New Mexico
A Lively and Energetic Place The first thing that strikes one about Pep, at least before visiting, is its name.
Mexico’s Low Cost Airline
Lookie here. According to their website, a one-way ticket from Ciudad Juarez to Leon, Guanajuato, non-stop, booked more than a
Eat At Monarch
Monarch has a food truck. Sorta. It would be a trailer if it had wheels. And if Clint had a
Greetings From Guanajuato
Here I am in Guanajuato, the capital of the state of Guanajuato. Guanajuato is about in the middle of Mexico,
The Landlord Class
Lookie here. We’ve got a problem. Say you want to open a business in El Paso. Maybe it’s a bar,