ARENA VOTE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, JANUARY 3: SIGN UP TO SPEAK!
Tomorrow, January 3, at around 9:30am, the City Council will take up agenda items 13 and 14. Agenda item 13 would cancel the arena project in Duranguito and reallocate the…
HUTCHINS VS. GROSSMAN
The leadership of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce is upset that there is an action item on the City Council agenda for January 3 calling for abandoning the project…
VOTE TO ABANDON THE “ARENA” SET FOR JANUARY 3, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
It has been six years and two months since the City Council decided to build an “Arena” in Duranguito, displacing neighborhood residents and condemning 12 historic buildings that are eligible…
ADAM POWELL: “EL PASO CITY COUNCIL PLANS VOTE ON ABANDONING DOWNTOWN ARENA PROJECT”
Rep. Joe Molinar and Alexsandra Annello are co-sponsoring agenda item 13 for the January 3, 2023 City Council meeting, calling for moving the “Arena” project out of Duranguito, preventing the…
CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON SAVING DURANGUITO ON JANUARY 3!
I have learned that Reps. Joe Molinar and Alexsandra Annello have co-sponsored an agenda item for January 3, 2023 calling for moving the “Arena” project out of Duranguito, preventing the…
CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON $8 MILLION FOR BALLPARK IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED UNTIL JANUARY
On Monday during its agenda review, the City Council discussed spending $7,930,335 to improve the Ballpark. Rep. Annello and Mayor Leeser stated they were never briefed about the item whereas…
LAME-DUCK PORK: $8 MILLION FOR BALLPARK IMPROVEMENTS!
I confirmed with the City Clerk’s Division that December 13 is the final regular City Council meeting before the newly elected representatives are sworn in at the start of January.…
EMPTY CHAIR: KENNEDY ON THE ARENA
Analisa Silverstein still refuses to debate her opponent Brian Kennedy. As a result, Kennedy has continued his “empty chair” series, in which he debates an empty chair. His latest topic…
STEVE ORTEGA TELLS EL PASO INC ABOUT THE “ARENA”
Over the weekend Greg Ford published an interview he conducted with Steve Ortega in the El Paso Inc. Much like Augustus Caesar, who at the end of his life penned…
DR. OSCAR MARTINEZ TO THE EL PASO TIMES: “REP. RODRIGUEZ WRONG ON ARENA”
Rep. Rodriguez wrong on arena In her column on October 16, Rep. Claudia Rodriguez was far from transparent regarding the proposed arena in Duranguito. Her claim that “one person,” namely…