


Retrovision: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TIRZs*
*That the City doesn’t want you to know. This post originally appeared on 23 May 2018. What is a Tax

“On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant”
by David Graeber From StrikeMagazine.org: In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century’s end, technology would have

Tornillo Truck Crossing to Resume in August
From BorderReport.com: A border crossing built to spare urban areas in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, of heavy commercial

CITY DEBT APPROACHING $3 BILLION!
by Max Grossman According to page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, our City owes $2,257,059,064, of which $851,565,991

El Paso’s Population Soars to 700,698 In 2021* [Updated]
by Rich Wright From Page 3 of the City’s El Paso Uptown+Downtown Citywide Market Analysis Appendix: From the fine print:

CITY BUDGET TO INCREASE TO $1.3B FOR FY 2024, HERNANDEZ WANTS MORE DEBT
by Max Grossman Cindy Ramirez of El Paso Matters published a substantive report on the ongoing budget talks in City

DID A THIRD INDIVIDUAL USE HERNANDEZ’S GAS CARD?
by Max Grossman Rep. Cassandra Hernandez purchased 35% of all gas purchased by the City Council and Mayor in 2022,

The Brady List
From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso Police Department announced the arrests of five of its officers in connection with three separate

JORDAN AND HERNANDEZ ARE CONNECTED TO DEBORAH PAZ!
by Max Grossman Several days ago, a PAC called “Women’s Voices for Political Reform” proclaimed that on July 5 they

Have You Lost Your Voice?
Some of my best followers can’t comment on some of the posts. I don’t know why that is. Hackers? Extraterrestrials?

Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development
This post originally appeared on 06 June 2013. This post has been slightly edited. As an El Pasoan, I appreciate