Our City Council voted 7-1, with Rep. Lily Limon dissenting, to “commit to the project’s development, implementation, construction, maintenance, management, and financing” of the Deck Plaza, which we are convinced…
On April 15, Karina Brasgalla from Economic and International Development made a presentation to City Council recommending a contribution of $35 million toward the construction of a Deck Plaza over…
Sam Armijo, Guest Columnist, May 28, 2025, 10:57 a.m. “During the November 2024 General Election campaign, the highest priority problem addressed by all candidates was the crushing EI Paso property…
In November 2022, City Council voted to hire Stantec Consulting Services at a cost of $1,321,785 to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a downtown deck plaza over…
Tomorrow our City Council will vote under agenda items 6 and 7 to reappoint Deborah A. Zuloaga and Arlene Carroll to the Board of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 5 and,…
On Monday, our own Max Grossman spoke before the El Paso County Commissioners Court about deficit spending and the “Debt Plaza” planned for the downtown tract of Interstate 10. He…
Every time the City of El Paso manages a large capital improvement project, it ends up costing between double and triple its projected cost, and the taxpayers always lose. On…
Renard Johnson, whose brother and former business partner has been federally indicted in a $3 million Ponzi scheme, promises to give away his salary if elected Mayor. Wow, we are…
This past Monday, the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 4-1 (with Iliana Holguin dissenting) to contribute $1 million toward the design cost for building a five-block deck plaza over Interstate…
Last month we reported that the Public Interest Research Group the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the Frontier Group identified the project to widen Interstate 10 in Downtown El…
