Make El Paso a Bastion of Passion
El Paso’s a poor town, and we’re not getting any richer. That’s just a fact. We’re at the absolute bottom
We’re Not Last!
Here’s a list from everybody’s favorite click-bait list creator. WalletHub did a study of the most and least educated MSAs
All That Was
Watch this video on YouTube Memories are fickle things. I can have a conversation and struggle to remember something from
The City Budget is Fake
Or at least extremely conservative. The proposed budget show sales tax revenues declining by $525,000. El Paso hasn’t experienced a
U2 on YouTube in El Paso
Here’s a music video with sparse oblique references to our fair city. I’ve got Tony Lama, Asarco, and freeway signs.
Sunday Matinee: Deadlier Than the Male
Here’s Elke Sommer, before she was a Bond girl, as a psychotic murderer for a master criminal. Actually, it’s not
Friday Short: A Great Day in Harlem
Here’s a great documentary I found on somebody’s Facebook. (You know who you are.) It features all the jazz greats
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