


Retrovision: “El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle”
This post originally appeared on 2023-11-19. An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication

Induced Demand
From Vox.com: From Massachusetts to California, transportation departments are pursuing controversial plans to widen highways, expansions that are sure to

Veronica Escobar’s Bacon
Say what you like about El Paso’s U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, but she’s bringing home the pork. From the El

The Problem with the City Manager Candidates
The horses are in the gates for the selection of the next City Manager. From ElPasoMatters.com: Four high-ranking city officials

Tales from the Crypt
by Rich Wright Former City Manager Joyce Wilson must be off her meds again, God bless her. Here is the

“There’s nothing to do here.”
by Rich Wright The world is getting smaller. Okay, not really, but it seems like it. Computer algorithms keep pushing

PART 3 BIG KID’S PALACE- “The Joy Spot of C. Juarez, Mexico.”
In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered

Snow Lake, New Mexico
by Rich Wright 25 June 2024 — There’s no one up here but us and the hosts, and we all