It is so rare that a resident of the city so succinctly articulates the inconvenient truth of what has been driving the El Paso ethnic and cultural gentrification that I nearly chocked to death on the piece of gum I was chewing. I still don’t know where the gum ended up. What the District 2 […]
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River Oaks and Downtown Redevelopment
The whole argument for the ballpark was that it was going to be the catalyst for the city’s economic development. As a matter of fact, most politicians, if not all, have embraced the lie that the ballpark is generating economic growth in downtown El Paso. The fiction is being led by quotes of “just look […]
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San Jacinto Plaza on City Council Agenda
As Diana Washington alerted us on Friday, city council has an item for “discussion and action on the construction of San Jacinto Plaza” for Tuesday’s meeting. There are actually two items, item 16.3 is in open session and item EX2 is in executive session. Unless you have been living under a rock you know that […]
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The Artificial El Paso Economic Scam
If you were not watching the city council meeting on Tuesday, you likely missed the discussion about “Lift Up El Paso” and a landscaping maintenance contract that was awarded on Tuesday. (This is the item where the verbal altercation occurred) As many of you know I have been writing about the impending economic doom of […]
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Verbal Altercation between Lily Limon and Cortney Niland
Last Tuesday I took the time to listen in one the El Paso City Council meeting because unlike some of the other bloggers I like to base my commentary on facts. And, unlike the local news media, I take the necessary time to follow city council meetings in order to understand the issues that affect […]
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District One Runoff Has Bad Choices
The District 1 Runoff election between Albert Weisenberger and Peter Svarzbien scheduled for June 13, 2015 does not have any good choices for the taxpayers of El Paso. Both candidates seem to embrace spending taxpayer monies on ill-conceived projects under the mistaken belief that spending money makes the city competitive with other cities. Weisenberger and […]
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UpLift Artwork Exposes El Paso Lie
When I first wrote about the de-Mexicanization of El Paso some you turned it into a race issue that it is not. The de-Mexicanization of El Paso has nothing to do with skin color or race and everything to do with the ongoing attempt by the power-elite to remove anything Mexico related from El Paso. […]
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Voters Do Not Trust Cortney Niland
The El Paso Times, masquerading as a newspaper, tried and failed to get a comment from Cortney Niland for the election results coverage. It was not the paper’s fault but the poignant realization by Cortney Niland that her political career is over. Niland used every opportunity to leverage media coverage during the run up to […]
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The Cost per Vote
As the amount of money is a factor in elections I believe it is important to see how much each vote has cost each candidate. As you know, I have been tracking the campaign contributions for each of the candidates in the city council races. This has been an ongoing project for me for various […]
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May 2015 Campaign Contributions Infographic
As you know, the citywide elections are tomorrow. I believe it is important to follow the money; where it comes from and where it goes to. Therefore, I took the 30-Day and 8-Day Campaign Contributions Reports and plugged them into my database. From there I analyzed the money flows. Rather then bore you with wordy […]