JORDAN FOSTER POISED TO WIN $27.6 MILLION WORTH OF CITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
On today’s City Council agenda, we see under item 29 that Jordan Foster Construction, LLC is poised to win a City contract worth $12,834,416 to rebuild Taxiway G at our…
TAXPAYER-FUNDED “BLUEBERRY MARTINI” ARTWORK BREAKS INTO PIECES
In 2006, City Council adopted ordinance 16324, establishing a Public Art Program and earmarking 2% from every Capital Improvement Project budget for the acquisition of art for municipal property. Since…
COMMUNITY MEETING ON EXPANSION OF BRIDGE OF THE AMERICAS
This is to let you know there will be a “Community Stakeholders Information Meeting” on the Bridge of the Americas Land Port of Entry Modernization Project on June 6 at…
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both published reports announcing that Paul Foster and his business partner Lane Scarborough have…
A PRAGMATIC SOLUTION FOR THE STREETCARS
As you know, I have been critical over the years about the cost of the streetcars. This week we learned that in 2022 they had an operating loss of $2.9…
CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FATE OF STREETCARS, WHICH LOSE $2.9M PER YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $44.61 PER RIDE!
Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are free to ride. The City is now calling them the “no-cost option”…
END OF DURANGUITO LITIGATION: INTERVIEW WITH MARK ROSS OF KVIA
Friends and Media, Shortly after the City dismissed its suit against me in the Texas Supreme Court on January 19, Mark Ross of KVIA interviewed me about my reaction. He…
ADAIR MARGO’S ARENA MEETING CANCELED
Dear Media, Adair Margo and Claudia Lizette Rodriguez planned to co-host an event titled “Duranguito: What Comes Next?” at the business of local architect Jennifer Countryman at 108 S. Stanton…
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ADMITTED INTO “ARENA FOOTPRINT”
Meet Justin Scalera, who is one of only two photographers for the Heritage Documentation Programs of the National Park Service in Washington, DC. Mr. Scalera came to El Paso to…
TEXAS SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CITY’S PETITION FOR REVIEW
On January 19 the City of El Paso filed a motion with the Texas Supreme Court to dismiss its petition for review, and I did not file a cross-petition for…