BALLPARK LEASE AND AMENDMENTS
City Ordinance No. 017880 was approved by City Council on September 18, 2012. It authorized the City Manager to sign a lease for the Ballpark with MountainStar Sports Group. The…
CITY ALLOCATED $8.6M FOR ITS 2024 PUBLIC ART PLAN
In February 2024, our City Council voted to allocate $8,593,000 for public art installations as part of the 2024 Public Art Plan. It was on October 28, 2014 that the…
BALLPARK REVENUES ONLY $771,141 IN FY 2024 VS. $4,162,307 IN EXPENDITURES
El Pasoans were never allowed to vote on constructing a Ballpark in downtown El Paso or demolishing City Hall to build one. They were never asked whether it is a…
CITY TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER INTO UNION PLAZA
Yesterday we learned that the City of El Paso is planning to expand the Convention Center across San Antonio Avenue, right up to the edge of the former Arena Footprint.…
FUTURE OF DURANGUITO: GROSSMAN AND GUDENRATH ON ABC-7 XTRA
Grossman and Gudenrath were on Channel 7 last night. Definitely a must-see!
ALAN SERNA, CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 7, IS “ASHAMED AND APPALLED” AN ARENA WILL NOT BE BUILT IN DURANGUITO
Alan Serna is a candidate for City District 7 and has raised and and spent far less than his three opponents. His only major donor was Steve Ortega, who wrote…
MAYOR LEESER ON THE ARENA: THE VOTERS “WERE LIED TO, THEY WERE MISLED”
Now is our chance to put this nefarious boondoggle out of its misery. Vote YES on Special Election, Proposition A: “To cancel the City’s authority to issue the remaining $128,455,636…
VOTE “FOR” SPECIAL ELECTION, CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS, PROPOSITION A
“To cancel the City’s authority to issue the remaining $128,455,636 in general obligation bonds for the Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility to be located in Downtown El Paso which…
GROSSMAN SPEAKS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ABOUT DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE “DEBT PLAZA”
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…
THE DECK PLAZA WILL COST MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US
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…